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.

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. …

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

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 …

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 …

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

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

2 meanings: 1. to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage 2. (of a celestial body) to cross.... Click for more definitions.