climax
To reach or bring to a climaxTo reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
» The game came to a climax.
Das Spiel erreichte einen Höhepunkt. — Yorwba
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2 senses(ambitransitive)To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
(transitive)To form the climax to; to be the climax of.
- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
Examples
9 sentencesThe game came to a climax.
deDas Spiel erreichte einen Höhepunkt. — Yorwba
The information was the capping climax.
All voices were extinguished in the climax.
The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.
ruЗрители всхлипывали во время кульминационной сцены фильма. — Hellerick
Tom doesn't know the difference between climax and climacteric.
deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Klimax und Klimakterium. — al_ex_an_der
Origin
From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] cliFrom Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).
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Forms
climaxes, climaxing, climaxed, climaxedSynonyms
1 synonyms- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage:culminate
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.