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# culminate

«culminate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to reach the highest or final point of something, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (culminate, culminates, culminated, culminating)

### meaning for a pupil

To culminate is to reach the highest or final point of something, often after a long time or many steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word used in history, sport and stories: «the year culminated in a big concert», «the war culminated in a great battle». It tells the reader what the ending or climax was. Usually followed by «in» or «with».

### examples

- The school year culminated in a big summer show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#x1)
- Weeks of training culminated in winning the cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#x2)
- The adventure culminated with the dragon's defeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#x3)
- The protests culminated in a new law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#x4)
- Our science project culminated in a trip to the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#x5)
- Years of hard work culminated in her first book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: culmination (the high point). Formal; simpler: «end in», «lead up to», «reach a climax». Use «culminate in/with», not «culminate to».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «culminate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culminate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.