how to pronounce culminate

/ˈkʌl.mɪ.nɛɪt/

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culminate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of culminate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… today's celebrations culminate with the …”

meanings of culminate

verb:

To reach the summit, highest point, peak etc.
Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion).

adjective:

Relating to the culmen.

culminate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word culminate occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics culminate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that culminate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;