āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
culminate
/kËĘlmÉĒnËeâÉĒt/
to culminate
01
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to end by coming to a climactic point
Intransitive: to culminate in an outcome
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Their years of hard work culminated in the publication of their research.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Their groundbreaking paper culminated years of extensive research and experiments on climate change.
āĻāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž-āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to reach or create the highest point or peak of something
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The mountain range culminates in several towering peaks, visible from miles away.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻā§, āĻ¯āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
(of a celestial body) to reach its highest point in the sky
Intransitive: to culminate | to culminate point in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The planet will culminate at 9 PM tonight, crossing the meridian.
āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ ā§¯āĻāĻžā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
culmination
culminate
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
