climax

1. (countable, uncountable)A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

   arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

2. (countable, uncountable)The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.

   Höhepunkt

   кульмина́цияkulʹminácija, разга́рrazgár, кульмина́цияkulʹminácija

3. (countable, often, uncountable)A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly

4. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series

   (countable, often, rhetoric, uncountable)The final term of a rhetorical climax.

5. (countable, often, uncountable)A relatively stable community of organisms, resulting from ecological succession, a successful adaptation to a relatively stable environment.

   Near-synonyms: old-growth, mature ecosystem

6. (countable, euphemistic, often, uncountable)The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

   Höhepunkt, Orgasmus

   the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An instance of such an ascending series.

1. The game came to a climax.

   deDas Spiel erreichte einen Höhepunkt.

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2. The information was the capping climax.

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3. All voices were extinguished in the climax.

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4. The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.

   ruЗрители всхлипывали во время кульминационной сцены фильма.

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5. Tom doesn't know the difference between climax and climacteric.

   deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Klimax und Klimakterium.

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• climacesplural rare