culminate
Étymologie
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Verbe
[modifier le wikicode]| Temps | Forme |
|---|---|
| Infinitif | to culminate \Prononciation ?\ |
| Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
culminates |
| Prétérit | culminated |
| Participe passé | culminated |
| Participe présent | culminating |
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culminate intransitif
- Culminer.
A crisis culminating at the New York Gold Exchange, with threatened disturbance of our foreign commerce, and a panic in the stock market, have been the leading financial features of September.
— (Article « Monetary », page 124. The American Exhange & Review, vol. XVI (septembre 1869-février 1870), no 2 (octobre 1869).)Being without a name, the ridge may be appropriately referred to as the Elk Mountain ridge, from the so-called Elk Mountain, its most prominent landmark, in which, near the State line, 25 miles east-northeast of Jarbidge, it culminates at about 8,500 feet above the sea.
— (lang)en, A Reconnaissance of the Jarbidge, Contact and Elk Mountain Mining Districts, Elko County, Nevada, page 21. United States Government Printing Office, 1912.)
- (Sens figuré) Aboutir à, déboucher sur, se terminer par, conduire à.
Rapprochement with Spain, on the other hand, would diminish international tension and, if it culminated in a marriage alliance, result in the payment by Spain of a dowry which would eliminate the greater part of James’s debt.
— (Roger Lockyer, The Early Stuarts: A Political History of England, 1603-1642, page 45. Longman, 1999.)The party quickly implemented a policy convention process, which culminated in a February 2005 convention.
— (James Harold Farney et David Rayside, Conservatism in Canada, page 53. University of Toronto Press, 2013.)
Dérivés
[modifier le wikicode]- culmination (culminance, culmination en français)
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- (Royaume-Uni) \ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt\
- Gloucestershire : écouter « culminate [ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt] »
- (États-Unis), (Canada) \ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt\
- (États-Unis) : écouter « culminate [ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt] »
- (Australie) \ˈkal.mɪ.næɪt\