culminate

culminate is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 18 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
2. intransitive verb. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
3. adjective. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
4. verb. rise to, or form, a summit

   "The helmet culminated in a crest"

5. verb. bring to a head or to the highest point

   "Seurat culminated pointillism"

6. verb. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

   "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

   Synonyms: climax

7. verb. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
8. verb. reach the highest or most decisive point

Synonyms

climax

Common word forms

culminated, culminates, culminating

Words from these letters

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