Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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culminate | No | No | Yes | No |
cease | Yes | No | Yes | No |
culminate (noun) | cease (noun) |
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(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end |
culminate (verb) | cease (verb) |
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end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | put an end to a state or an activity |
rise to, or form, a summit | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical |
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 |