When a star or other heavenly body culminates, it reaches its highest point above the horizon from the vantage point of an observer on the ground. Culminate was drawn from Medieval Latin culminare, …

CULMINATING definition: being or nearing the highest point or final stage. See examples of culminating used in a sentence.

This process of natural selection caused gradual biological changes over time leading to more and more complex life forms and culminating in man.

Definition of culminate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

2 meanings: 1. to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage 2. (of a celestial body) to cross.... Click for more definitions.

To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility. b. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion. 2. Astronomy To reach the …

Other forms: culminating; culminated; culminates. The verb culminate is used to describe a high point or a climactic stage in a process. For example, the goal of a Major League baseball team is to have …

culminated, culminating to bring to a close; complete; climax. The president's signature on this bill culminates an eight-year campaign for legislation to help individuals and families finance their long …

Their efforts have culminated in the discovery of a new cancer treatment. A bitter feud culminated months of tension.

CULMINATE meaning: 1. to finish with a particular event, or reach a final result after gradual development and often a…. Learn more.