culminate

Definition

  • verb: to reach the end or the final result of something
  • verb: to reach its highest altitude
  • usually + 'in' or 'with'
  • synonyms: top, peak

Examples

  • Their efforts have 'culminated in' the discovery of a new cancer treatment.

  • She had a long acting career that 'culminated in' two Oscar nominations.

  • The investigation 'culminated with' several arrests.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) My father would love to have seen this. Tonight Pluto and Neptune align with Uranus. It's the first stage of the alignment of all nine planets culminating in a full solar eclipse. It only happens once every years. - When is the eclipse? - In one week from today. But there is plenty (..)
    2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
  • (..) That old hag hates my ass. Your birthday today, Daisy. This year you have to make a choice between two life paths. Second chances come your way. Extraordinary events culminate in what might seem to be an anticlimax. You lucky numbers are: , , , and . What a load of shit. Yea. All right. (..)
    2008 Gran Torino
  • (..) how event's are predicted to unfold. The contrary. Nero's very presence has altered the flow of history... beginning with the attack on the USS Kelvin, culminating with the events of today, thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents... that cannot be anticipated by either party. (..)
    2009 Star Trek