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culmination

noun

a concluding action

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Word Facts

Word length
11
Starts with
C
Ends with
N
Contains
UL
Scrabble score
15
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. a concluding action

noun

  1. the decisive moment in a novel or play

    “the deathbed scene is the climax of the play”

noun

  1. (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

noun

  1. a final climactic stage

    “their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development”

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Example Sentences

the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development

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