culmination
UK/ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən//ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
culmination noun: the attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Noun
culmination (countable and uncountable, plural culminations)
- The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
- The culmination of this lead happened in 1998 when an informant came forward with details that tied the suspects to a specific disposal location.2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026
- An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
- A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.
culmination meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
culmination in Tamil
- உச்ச நிலை, உச்ச வளர்நிலை, உச்சநிலை, உச்சி, உச்சநிலை அடைதல், முகடு
culmination in Urdu
- عروج, اوج, انتہا, اختتام
culmination in Bengali
- চূড়ান্ত পর্যায়, চরম সীমা
culmination in Malayalam
- അഗ്രം, ഉച്ചസ്ഥാനം, മൂർദ്ധന്യാവസ്ഥ, പരകോടി
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- culmination in Kannada
- ಶಿಖರ, ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ಸ್ಥಾನ, ಅಗ್ರ, ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ
- culmination in Sanskrit
- अतिभूमि atibhūmi
- culmination in Malay
- perembangan
- culmination in Persian
- گذر gozar, تکبد takabbod
Examples of culmination in a sentence
- For Gio Fitzpatrick, the project represents the culmination of an old dream.
- The funeral is the culmination of Extinction Rebellion’s actions at London fashion week.
- My eventual quantdom was not the culmination of a single-minded, eye-on-the-prize march to fulfill my destiny.
Forms of culmination
| plural | culminations |
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Origin of culmination
Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion.
Words formed from culmination
Words that rhyme with culmination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about culmination
- What does culmination mean?
- Culmination means the attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- What is culmination in Tamil?
- Culmination in Tamil is உச்ச நிலை, உச்ச வளர்நிலை, உச்சநிலை. See Culmination meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is culmination?
- Culmination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce culmination?
- Culmination is pronounced /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of culmination?
- The plural of culmination is culminations.
Words near culmination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: culmination (page history and authors); culmination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culmination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culmination (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culmination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culmination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अतिभूमि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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