Verb culminate has 5 senses
  1. culminate, climax - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
    --1 is one way to end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
    Derived forms: noun culmination1, noun culmination3, noun culmination4
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. culminate - bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
    --2 is one way to
    end, terminate
    Derived form: noun culmination1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
  3. culminate - reach the highest or most decisive point
    --3 is one way to
    achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
    Derived forms: noun culmination1, noun culmination3
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. culminate - of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian
    --4 is one way to
    reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
    Derived form: noun culmination2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. culminate - rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
    --5 is one way to
    shape, form
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
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