Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

    Gipfelpunkt

    кульмина́цияkulʹminácija

    кульміна́ціяkulʹminácija

    (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

  2. (Canada, UK, countable, uncountable)An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.

  3. (US, countable, uncountable)An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

    Höhepunkt

    кульмина́цияkulʹminácija, зени́тzenít

  4. (US, countable, uncountable)A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. This is the culmination of years of work.

  2. This is the culmination of a long journey.

  3. This project is the culmination of a lifetime of work.

  4. This is the culmination of my life; every decision, good or bad, has been tallied and weighed.

  5. She proudly announced her acceptance into the prestigious university, the culmination of years of hard work and academic excellence.

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
astronomy: attainment of the highest point:
Русский
By meaning 2
astronomy: attainment of the highest point:
arrival of the highest pitch of glory:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
astronomy: attainment of the highest point:
arrival of the highest pitch of glory:

Origin

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: culminations
Singularculmination
Pluralculminations

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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