İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. in ile sonuçlanmak, ile sona ermek, ile son bulmak.
2. en yüksek noktaya varmak, doruğuna yükselmek. (in ile) doruguna yükselmek, sonuçlanmak. doruğa çık,en son noktaya eriş. en son noktaya eriş. f.
3. en yüksek noktaya varmak, doruğuna yükselmek. doruğa çık. doruğa ulaşmak, sonuçlanmak; meridyen üzerinde bulunmak.
4. meridyen üzerinde bulunmak, sonuçlanmak, doruğa ulaşmak.
5. (in ile) doruğuna yükselmek. sonuçlanmak.
6. sonuçlanmak. bitmek. sona ermek. doruğa varmak.
7. en son noktaya eriş, doruğa çık.

Etymology : Medieval Latin culminatus, past participle of culminare, from Late Latin, to crown, from Latin culmin-, culmen top; more at HILL
Pronunciation : 'k&l-m&-"nAt
Function : verb
Date : 1647

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1. climax; end, conclude. culminate\cul"mi*nate\ (kŭl"m&ibreve;*nāt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. culminated (-nā`t&eucr;d); p. pr. & vb. n. culminating (-nā`t&ibreve;ng.] [l. cuimen top or ridge. see: column.].
2. to reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. as when his beams at noon culminate from the equator.
3. to reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. the reptile race culminated in the secondary era. the house of burgundy was rapidly culminating.culminate \cul"mi*nate\ (kŭl"m&ibreve;*n&asl;t), a. growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
4. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
5. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
6. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; applied to the growth of corals. rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest" bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism" end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian reach the highest or most decisive point.
7. 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 Tom getting drunk = conclude. culminate in/with if a process culminates in or with a particular event, it ends with that event.