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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhl-muh-ney-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkʌl məˈneɪ ʃən



Definition of culmination

Origin :
  • 1630s, from French culmination, noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin culminare (see culminate). Originally a term in astronomy/astrology; figurative use is from 1650s.
  • noun conclusion; climactic stage
Example sentences :
  • And then her insolence reached its culmination in a query of her own: "Was his name Griggs?"
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • These had nearly reached their culmination in the middle of the fifteenth century.
  • Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The years 1516-18 may be called the culmination of Erasmus's career.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • He was only the culmination of a great period of literature.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • It was the great event of the day—the culmination of civilization in Kilronan!
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • It will be noted that the date of culmination is given in almost every case.
  • Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
  • It is an outgrowth and culmination of instincts, a fusion of them into a new product.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • The publication of this book marked the culmination of his literary career.
  • Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
  • A short time after this episode, matters came to a culmination.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various
  • This was due to a great ethnological change which was then coming to its culmination.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for culmination

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