culmination

Noun

Meaning

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

apogee completion climax acme end summit consummation capstone peak conclusion closing finale termination zenith windup
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Antonyms

foundation basin radix smut beginning cause
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Hypernyms

second stage phase ending moment conclusion

Hyponyms

consummation finish finishing graduation finalization finalisation

Related terms

culminate

Phrases with the word

culmination time

Examples

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter. Charles Lindbergh

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear. C. L. R. James

Let us worship the spirit in spirit, standing on spirit. Let the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the culmination spirit. Swami Vivekananda

For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue. Solomon Ortiz

When you're young, you think that sex is the culmination of intimacy. Later you discover that it's barely the beginning. Peter Høeg

The poetry I love is written with someone's voice and I believe its proper culmination is to be read with someone's voice. And the human voice in that sense is not electronically reproduced or amplified. Robert Pinsky

Close letter words and terms

culminating part of a joke culminating point culminating year culmination time culmination tunnel culminativity