culmination
Pronunciation: /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
The English word “culmination” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- 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.
- An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
- A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.
Etymology
Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion.
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