culmination
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌkal.mɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]culmination (countable and uncountable, plural culminations)
- (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- (UK) An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
- (US) An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
- (US, education) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.
- Coordinate term: (high school) graduation
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:apex
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]astronomy: attainment of the highest point
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arrival of the highest pitch of glory
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]culmination f (plural culminations)
Further reading
[edit]- “culmination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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