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