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culmination
noun
1 culmination
A final climactic stage:
— Their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development.
synonym: apogee.
Dutch: hoogtepunt
2 culmination
astronomy A heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon.
Polish: kulminacja
3 culmination
The decisive moment in a novel or play.
synonym: climax.
Roget 33:
superiority,
majority;
greatness
etc.
31;
advantage;
pull;
preponderance,
preponderation;
vantage ground,
prevalence,
partiality;
personal superiority;
nobility
etc.
(rank)
875;
Triton among the minnows,
primus inter pares [Lat.],
nulli secundus [Lat.],
captain;
crackajack [U.S.].
supremacy,
preeminence;
lead;
maximum;
record;
trikumia [Gr.],
climax;
culmination
etc.
(summit)
210;
transcendence;
ne plus ultra [Lat.];
lion's share,
Benjamin's mess;
excess,
surplus
etc.
(remainder)
40;
(redundancy)
641.
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Roget 210:
summit,
summity†;
top,
peak,
vertex,
apex,
zenith,
pinnacle,
acme,
culmination,
meridian,
utmost height,
ne plus utra,
height,
pitch,
maximum,
climax,
culminating point,
crowning point,
turning point;
turn of the tide,
fountain head;
water shed,
water parting;
sky,
pole.
tip,
tip top;
crest,
crow's nest,
cap,
truck,
nib;
end
etc.
67;
crown,
brow;
head,
nob†,
noddle†,
pate;
capsheaf†.
high places,
heights.
topgallant mast,
sky scraper;
quarter deck,
hurricane deck.
architrave,
frieze,
cornice,
coping stone,
zoophorus†,
capital,
epistyle†,
sconce,
pediment,
entablature†;
tympanum;
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
attic,
loft,
garret,
house top,
upper story.
[metaphorical use]
summit conference,
summit;
peak of achievement,
peak of performance;
peaks and troughs,
peaks and valleys
(in graphs).
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Dutch: climax, culminatiepunt, hoogtepunt, moment suprème, zenit
4 culmination
A concluding action.
synonyms: closing, completion, mop up, windup.
Roget 729:
completion,
accomplishment,
achievement,
fulfillment;
performance,
execution;
despatch,
dispatch;
consummation,
culmination;
finish,
conclusion;
close
etc.
(end)
67;
terminus
etc.
(arrival)
292;
winding up;
finale,
denouement,
catastrophe,
issue,
upshot,
result;
final touch,
last touch,
crowning touch,
finishing touch,
finishing stroke;
last finish,
coup de grace;
crowning of the edifice;
coping-stone,
keystone;
missing link
etc.
53;
superstructure,
ne plus ultra [Lat.],
work done,
fait accompli [Fr.].
elaboration;
finality;
completeness
etc.
52.
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Dutch: afronding, afwerking, bekroning, completering, voleinding, voltooiing
Moby thesaurus: Z, accomplishment, acme, acme of perfection, apex, apodosis, apogee, bitter end, brow, cap, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, climax, close, closure, cloud nine, coda, completing, completion, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, crest, crown, culmen, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, edge, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, extreme limit, extremity, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, finishing, fulfillment, full development, goal, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last word, last words, latter end, limit, maturation, maturity, maximum, meridian, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noon, omega, payoff, peak, perfection, period, peroration, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, quietus, realization, resolution, resting place, ridge, ripeness, rounding off, rounding out, seventh heaven, sky, spire, stoppage, stopping place, summit, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, tip-top, top, topping off, topping-off, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, vertex, very top, windup, zenith ... show more.
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