culmination

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #27136

Meanings

1

noun
The final and highest point reached after a long process or series of events.

Winning the award was the culmination of years of hard work.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the final and highest point... apogee completion climax

Word family

Forms culminations

Derived forms nonculmination

Related forms culminate

Etymology

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

culmination French culminatus la-med

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# culmination

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 27136

## Meanings
1. The final and highest point reached after a long process or series of events.

## Examples
- Winning the award was the culmination of years of hard work.

## Derived Forms
- nonculmination

## Related Forms
- culminate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: culmination
- Root: culminatus

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

## AI Etymology
culmination was borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion. The historical chain includes French culmination, la-med culminatus. The current sense is The final and highest point reached after a long process or series of events. English relatives and later formations include nonculmination, culminate.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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