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English noun: culmination | |||
| 1. | culmination (time) a final climactic stage | ||
| Samples | Their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development. | ||
| Synonyms | apogee | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | phase, stage | ||
| 2. | culmination (location) (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | celestial point | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| 3. | culmination (communication) the decisive moment in a novel or play | ||
| Samples | The deathbed scene is the climax of the play. | ||
| Synonyms | climax | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instant, minute, moment, second | ||
| Part meronym | story | ||
| 4. | culmination (act) a concluding action | ||
| Synonyms | closing, completion, mop up, windup | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | consummation, consummation, finalisation, finalization, finish, finishing, follow-through, follow-through, graduation | ||
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