Today, the word’s typical context is less lofty: it can mean “to reach a climactic point,” as in “a long career culminating in a prestigious award,” but it can also simply mean "to reach the end of …

CULMINATING definition: being or nearing the highest point or final stage. See examples of culminating used in a sentence.

This process of natural selection caused gradual biological changes over time leading to more and more complex life forms and culminating in man.

Definition of culminate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. culminate (in/with something) to end with a particular result, or at a particular point. Months of hard work culminated in …

Other forms: culminating; culminated; culminates. The verb culminate is used to describe a high point or a climactic stage in a process. For example, the goal of a Major League baseball team is to have …

Definition of 'culminating' culminating in British English (ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ ) adjective final; decisive

To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility. b. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion. 2. Astronomy To reach the …

culminated, culminating to bring to a close; complete; climax. The president's signature on this bill culminates an eight-year campaign for legislation to help individuals and families finance their long …

Synonyms for CULMINATING: crowning, climactic, highest, fateful, meridian, crestal, apocalyptic, apical; Antonyms of CULMINATING: trivial, insignificant, anticlimactic, unimportant, inconsequential, …

Their efforts have culminated in the discovery of a new cancer treatment. A bitter feud culminated months of tension.