culmination

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate +‎ -ion

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌkal.mɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

culmination (countable and uncountable, plural culminations)

1. (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
2. (UK) Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
3. (US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
4. (US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.

• See also Thesaurus:apex

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culmination f (plural culminations)

1. culmination

• “culmination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.