culminate

verb · adjectiveB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

culminates

V_ing/Gerund

culminating

V_ed/pp

culminated

1.
(intransitive)(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
2.
(intransitive)To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.
Đồng nghĩa: peak
3.
(figuratively, intransitive)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.
4.
(US)(US, military, of an offensive, etc) To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
5.
(transitive)To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)(anatomy) Relating to the culmen.
2.
(not comparable)(biology) Growing upward, as opposed to lateral growth.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

peak

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro 1647; culminātus, perfect passive participle of culminō (to crown) (see -ate), from Latin culmen (peak, highest point) + -ō, older form columen (top, summit), from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from a Proto-Indo-European - base *kol-, *kelH- (to project, rise; peak, summit, top), whence also hill and holm.