When a star or other heavenly body culminates, it reaches its highest point above the horizon from the vantage point of an observer on the ground. Culminate was drawn from Medieval Latin culminare, …

My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation. Their many years of research have finally culminated in a cure for the disease.

culminated, culminating to bring to a close; complete; climax. The president's signature on this bill culminates an eight-year campaign for legislation to help individuals and families finance their long …

1. a. To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility. b. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion. 2. Astronomy To …

Definition of culminate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. culminate (in/with something) to end with a particular result, or at a particular point. Months of hard work culminated in …

If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it. They had an argument, which culminated in him storming off.

Dec 14, 2025 · culminate (third-person singular simple present culminates, present participle culminating, simple past and past participle culminated) (intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, …

to reach the highest development: His career culminated in the winning of the Nobel prize. to arrive at a final stage after a long development: Their disagreement culminated in a quarrel.

Their efforts have culminated in the discovery of a new cancer treatment. A bitter feud culminated months of tension.

Synonyms for CULMINATED: finished, completed, concluded, climaxed, crowned, capped (off), rounded (off or out), terminated, wrapped up