culmination B2 Topic:Describing Qualities 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the final and highest point... apogeecompletionclimax Word family Forms culminations Derived forms nonculmination Related forms culminate Etymology AI details Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion. culmination French culminatus la-med View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Describing Qualities markdown