culminate

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the final part of something
endThis mammal roamed the steppes during the end of the last Ice Age.
closeStock prices were up 6 percent at the close of the trading day.
culminationThis starring role in a West End musical is the culmination of her years of hard work in local theatres.
completionAt the completion of the exam, please return the materials to the proctor's desk and exit the room quietly.
endpointBoth parties agree that they have reached a suitable endpoint to the negotiations.
The Championship is the culmination of an eight-week series of tournaments.
At the culmination of the program, each university individually grants degrees to its enrolled students.
This book is the logical culmination of everything she's written in the past.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ends and endings
abrupt end
accomplishment
at the close of something
break
break something up
cessation
conclusion
death
ending
endpoint
era
expiration
expiry
finalization
swansong
tailpiece
terminable
terminative
the tail end
twilight

Examples of culmination

culmination
And, as a culmination to these studies, they watched the film version of the opera with rapt attention.
Unamuno and his ethics of the exerted spirit are the culmination of these traditions.
The culmination of a decade-long process of harmonization and negotiation, this invitation symbolized the success of these countries in instituting political democracies and market economies.
So, while they represent in part the culmination of nineteenth-century realistic theatre, they can also be viewed as part of the modern theatre as well.
In a larger sense, of course, this culmination, as it does not simply end the opera, stimulates the further action.
The present paper represents the culmination of several years work on the effects of anisotropic wall compliance on boundary-layer stability and transition.
The holding of local elections in 2002-03 can be seen as the culmination of this turn to democracy.
Art and writing are seen as the culminations of a continuous evolutionary process, of which an early phase was the emergence of language.
This work was the culmination of over 11 years of study.
This volume might be regarded as the culmination of these efforts.
Consider a preference for honesty: people seem to prefer achieving the same culmination outcome through more rather than less honest actions.
Each book is the culmination of an ambitious research program looking into the structure of firms and industries from the sociological perspective.
Thematic aspect is based on the primitive semantic feature of 'action ' and causality, while temporal aspect is concerned with concepts of change and culmination.
I wonder, however, how much of a role such strategic constitutional thinking really played in the culmination of the radical abolitionist project.
The scientific and ethical reasoning behind the whole endeavour is discussed, as is its potential culmination.
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