culminate

Verbs

  • (v) end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
    • The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
    climax,
  • (v) bring to a head or to the highest point
    • Seurat culminated pointillism
  • (v) reach the highest or most decisive point
  • (v) reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
  • (v) rise to, or form, a summit
    • The helmet culminated in a crest

Synonyms

climax

Words of close approximity