culminate
/ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt/ verbe C1En français : culminer, aboutir à, conduire à, déboucher sur
- Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
- To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc. · The tower culminates in a point.
- To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion. · Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.· The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.
- To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
- To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
He/she/it culminates · Prétérit culminated · Participe passé culminated · Forme en -ing culminating
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- culminate
- He/she/it
- culminates
- Prétérit
- culminated
- Participe passé
- culminated
- Forme en -ing
- culminating
Dans la bibliothèque
Ames, with whom I exchanged some amiabilities, which culminated in his allowing me, without reference to anyone else, to sit alone for a time in the study.”
All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.
Tomorrow, we will begin the final ascent, culminating at the iconic wooden sign that marks the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
His lifelong dedication culminated in the publication of his monumental work, An American Dictionary of the English Language, in eighteen twenty-eight.
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