culminate definition

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
• examples: The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
2. bring to a head or to the highest point
• examples: Seurat culminated pointillism
3. reach the highest or most decisive point
4. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
5. rise to, or form, a summit
• examples: The helmet culminated in a crest