I find striptease frustrating, as it doesn't often culminate in actual sex.
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Culminate
//ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt//
Synonyms for "culminate" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
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Related words (24)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- достигам зенит verb (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude)
- кулминирам verb (to climax)
Dutch
4 entries- afsluiten verb (to finalize, form climax of)
- besluiten verb (to climax)
- besluiten verb (to finalize, form climax of)
- beëindigen verb (to finalize, form climax of)
Finnish
4 entries- huipentaa verb (to finalize, form climax of)
- huipentua verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
- huipentua verb (to climax)
- kulminoida verb (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude)
French
4 entries- aboutir à verb (to finalize, form climax of)
- conduire à verb (to finalize, form climax of)
- culminer verb (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude)
- culminer verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
German
3 entries- gipfeln verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
- kulminieren verb (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude)
- kulminieren verb (to climax)
Italian
1 entries- culminare verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
Portuguese
3 entries- culminar verb (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude)
- culminar verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
- culminar verb (to climax)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- vrhuniti verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
- vrhuniti verb (to climax)
- врхунити verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
- врхунити verb (to climax)
Spanish
4 entries- culminar verb (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude)
- culminar verb (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.)
- culminar verb (to climax)
- desembocar verb (to finalize, form climax of)
Swedish
1 entries- kulminera verb (to climax)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I don't think it'll culminate in forgiveness.
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I hope this year will culminate in something good.
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The campaign, which will culminate in a final March vote, has been marked by high-profile corruption allegations, embarrassing gaffes, and salacious personal attacks, some involving the sex lives and religious practices of leading candidates.
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