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| NOUN | 1 | culmination, apogee | A final climactic stage |
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| 2 | culmination | (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon | |
| 3 | culmination, climax | The decisive moment in a novel or play | |
| 4 | culmination, completion, closing, windup, mop up | A concluding action |
| Sounds | kah.lmahney'shahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | A final climactic stage. |
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| Examples | "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" |
| Synonyms | apogee |
| Broader | phase, stage |
| Verbs | culminate; culminate; culminate |
| Meaning | (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon. |
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| Category | astronomy, uranology |
| Broader | celestial point |
| Verbs | culminate |
| Meaning | The decisive moment in a novel or play. |
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| Synonyms | climax |
| Part of | story |
| Broader | moment, minute, second, instant |
| Verbs | culminate; culminate |
| Meaning | A concluding action. |
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| Synonyms | completion, closing, windup, mop up |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion |
| Narrower | consummation; consummation; finish, finishing; finalization, finalisation; follow-through; follow-through; graduation |
| Verbs | culminate |
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