culmination

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a final climactic stage
  2. noun (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
  3. noun the decisive moment in a novel or play

Etymology

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion.

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Synonyms

apogee

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