culminate
verb
[ ˈkʌlmɪneɪt ]
• reach a climax or point of highest development.
• "weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate"
Similar:
come to a climax,
come to a crescendo,
come to a head,
reach a finale,
peak,
climax,
reach a pinnacle,
build up to,
lead up to,
come to an end with,
end with,
finish with,
conclude with,
close with,
terminate with,
wind up,
• (of a celestial body) reach or be at the meridian.
• "the star culminates at midnight on about the 30th April"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in astronomy and astrology): from late Latin culminat- ‘exalted’, from the verb culminare, from culmen ‘summit’.
