culmination

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

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culmination (countable and uncountable, plural culminations)

  1. (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  2. (UK) Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
  3. (US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
  4. (US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.

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culmination f (plural culminations)

  1. culmination

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