Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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climax | Yes | No | Yes | No |
culminate | No | No | Yes | No |
climax (noun) | culminate (noun) |
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the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | |
the decisive moment in a novel or play | |
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | |
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding | |
the most severe stage of a disease |
climax (verb) | culminate (verb) |
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end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
rise to, or form, a summit | |
bring to a head or to the highest point | |
reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body | |
reach the highest or most decisive point |