culmination

Plural: culminations

Noun

• a final climactic stage
  • "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
• (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
• the decisive moment in a novel or play
• a concluding action
• The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
• An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
• An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
• A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.

Synonyms

apogee, climax, closing, completion, mop up, windup

Related Words

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