English-Thai Dictionary

culminate

VI ถึง จุดสูงสุด  tueng-jud-sung-sud

 

culminate

VT ทำให้ ถึง จุดสูงสุด  cap climax tam-hai-tueng-jud-sung-sud

 

culminate in

PHRV ส่งผลให้เกิด  มีผล ให้  song-pon-hai-koed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CULMINATE

v.i.[L., a top or ridge. ] To be vertical; to come or be in the meridian; to be in the highest point of altitude; as a planet.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CULMINATE

Cul "mi *nate (kl "m-nt ), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Culminated (-n `td ); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n Etym: [L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column. ]

 

1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton.

 

2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. Dana. The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. Motley.

 

CULMINATE

CULMINATE Cul "mi *nate (kl "m-nt ), a.

 

Defn: Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

culminate

cul mi nate |ˈkəlməˌnāt ˈkəlməˌneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] reach a climax or point of highest development: the tensions and disorders which culminated in World War II. • [ with obj. ] be the climax or point of highest development of: her book culminated a research project on the symmetry studies of Escher. • Astronomy & Astrology (of a celestial body ) reach the highest point at the meridian. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in astronomy and astrology ): from late Latin culminat- ‘exalted, ’ from the verb culminare, from culmen ‘summit. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

culminate

culminate |ˈkʌlmɪneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 reach a climax or point of highest development: weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate. • [ with obj. ] be the climax or point of highest development of: her book culminated a research project on the symmetry studies of Escher. 2 archaic or Astrology (of a celestial body ) reach or be at the meridian. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in astronomy and astrology ): from late Latin culminat- ‘exalted ’, from the verb culminare, from culmen ‘summit ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

culminate

culminate verb two hours and ten minutes of toe-tapping merriment culminating in the grandest musical finale on Broadway: come to a climax, come to a head, peak, climax, reach a pinnacle; build up to, lead up to; end with, finish with, conclude with.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

culminate

culminate verb nine days of processions and parades culminating in a dramatic fire-walking ceremony: come to a climax, come to a crescendo, come to a head, reach a finale, peak, climax, reach a pinnacle; build up to, lead up to; come to an end with, end with, finish with, conclude with, close with, terminate with; informal wind up. ANTONYMS start, begin; peter out.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

culminate

cul mi nate /kʌ́lmɪnèɪt /動詞 自動詞 1 〈活動 過程 行事などが 〉ついに 【ある状態に 】達する «in » ; 【ある出来事などで 】最高潮に達する «with » .2 〘天 〙〈天体が 〉南中する .