Dictionary Check: culminate

"culminate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 18 points

Definition

verb

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

Example: "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
Synonyms:
verb

bring to a head or to the highest point

Example: "Seurat culminated pointillism"
verb

reach the highest or most decisive point

verb

reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body

verb

rise to, or form, a summit

Example: "The helmet culminated in a crest"

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