culminate
pronunciation
How to pronounce culminate in British English:
UK [ˈkʌlmɪneɪt]
How to pronounce culminate in American English:
US [ˈkʌlmɪneɪt]
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- Verb:
- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- bring to a head or to the highest point
- reach the highest or most decisive point
- of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian
- rise to, or form, a summit
Word Origin
- culminate (v.)
- 1640s, from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown," from Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit, roof, gable," also used figuratively, contraction of columen (see column). Related: Culminated; culminating.
Example
- 1. The move could " culminate with the government nationalizing some of the country 's largest banks , "
- 2. He is the driving force on bilateral talks on trade , water and counter-terrorism , which should culminate in the next few months in a meeting of foreign ministers .
- 3. As a result , the whole of human history ( by which most ofthese thinkers really meant europe ) would culminate in a state of liberty , harmony and commercial prosperity .
- 4. The chemical burden on the citizens of the world is reaching a critical mass they may culminate in a population collapse .
- 5. More recently , as the pace has quickened in the global climate negotiations that culminate in copenhagen in december , china has suggested that since exports to developed countries generate a substantial proportion of china 's emissions , they should be attributed to the purchasing countries .