End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage:
— The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.

synonym: climax.

Roget 33: be superior etc. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance^†, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip etc. 303; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle etc. (importance) 642; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat all others, etc. bear the palm; break the record; take the cake [U.S.].    become larger, render larger etc. (increase) 35, (expand) 194.    ... show more

Roget 729: effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate.    do, execute, make; go through, get through; work out, enact; bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head.    despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word.    do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog; drive home; be in at the death etc. (persevere) 604.1; carry through, play out, exhaust; fill the bill [U.S.].    finish, bring to a close etc. (end) 67; wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch etc. n.. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap.    ripen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natural death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal; reach etc. (arrive) 292; get in the harvest.    ... show more

Roget 210: culminate, crown, top; overtop etc. (be superior to) 33.   

Roget 206: be high etc. adj.; tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over; orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover etc. 223; overtop etc. (be superior) 33; stand on tiptoe.    become high etc. adj.; grow higher, grow taller; upgrow^†; rise etc. (ascend) 305; send into orbit.    render high etc. adj.; heighten etc. (elevate) 307.    ... show more

Bring to a head or to the highest point.

Reach the highest or most decisive point.

Dutch: culmineren

Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body.

Dutch: dagen

Rise to, or form, a summit.