ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCculminate
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culminate
Meaning: to reach a final or highest point
culminate in a sentence
How culminate is used in real sentences:
Years of research will culminate in the launch of the new observatory.
Months of rehearsals will culminate in a single performance at the national theater.
“Months of uneasy work would culminate in a new authentication handbook, distributed freely to small museums that lacked advanced laboratories.”
— from the passage The Counterfeit Lesson
Synonyms for culminate
Other words for culminate — climax, peak and conclude — carry the same meaning.
- climax
- peak
- conclude
Antonyms of culminate
Words that mean the opposite of culminate:
- begin
- commence
Where it comes from
From Latin culmen, meaning 'summit or highest point.'
Memory hook
CULMINATE sounds like 'climb and terminate': reach the final peak.