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culmination
What does culmination mean?
culmination (noun): a final climactic stage.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce culmination?
/ˌkʌlməˈneɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does culmination come from?
Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to culmination
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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the current day or date
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a final climactic stage
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the event of being born
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wetness caused by water
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