Synonyms for culminating
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhl-muh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl məˌneɪt |
Définition of culminating
Origin :- 1640s, from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown," from Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit, roof, gable," also used figuratively, contraction of columen (see column). Related: Culminated; culminating.
- adj climactic
- When he had said it, he took a culminating pinch of snuff, and put his box in his pocket.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- And then Mr. Gollop sat up and grinned with the culminating joy of the morning!
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- On November 3, the trouble in Colombia reached its culminating point.
- Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer
- The culminating point in his good fortune was reached in the following autumn.
- Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
- This was the culminating point of anxiety with their friends.
- Extract from : « The Riflemen of the Miami » by Edward S. Ellis
- It is not often that they will attain these culminating heights of spiritual exaltation.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
- All that he loved in poetry and nature, had in it something craggy and culminating.
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- To an independent, proud, and self-made man it was the culminating stroke.
- Extract from : « Clarence » by Bret Harte
- We have said that the culminating incidents of the drama began on the night of the 26th.
- Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne
- It will be the latest chapter, climax and culminating point, of his perfidy!
- Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
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