culminatingn.

/ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/

Etymology: < culminate v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of reaching the highest point; culmination. Often attributive, as in culminating point, point of culmination.

ΚΠ

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §15. 265 The same Index will likewise shew the Culminating, Rising or Setting of the given Star.

1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 73 The culminating point of the supremacy was in the reign of Edward VI.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

culminatingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈculminating.

a. That culminates; that attains to the greatest elevation.

ΚΠ

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 106 The culminating, or declining sun.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 202 The most culminating pyco or top [of Ararat].

1727 Pitt Horace's Odes i. xxii. (R.) Where I may view without a shade The culminating sun.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xix. 142 The culminating peak of the northern abutment.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > advancing to highest point

culminating1654

climaxing1843

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing to highest degree

culminating1654

climaxing1843

maximizing1949

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 260 There is..no culminating Writer..so lofty as out of the reach of Imitation.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 176 The Gothic schools exhibited that love [of variety] in culminating energy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	culminating
释义	culminatingn. /ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/ Etymology: < culminate v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of reaching the highest point; culmination. Often attributive, as in culminating point, point of culmination. ΚΠ 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §15. 265 The same Index will likewise shew the Culminating, Rising or Setting of the given Star. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 73 The culminating point of the supremacy was in the reign of Edward VI. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). culminatingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈculminating. a. That culminates; that attains to the greatest elevation. ΚΠ 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 106 The culminating, or declining sun. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 202 The most culminating pyco or top [of Ararat]. 1727 Pitt Horace's Odes i. xxii. (R.) Where I may view without a shade The culminating sun. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xix. 142 The culminating peak of the northern abutment. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > advancing to highest point culminating1654 climaxing1843 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing to highest degree culminating1654 climaxing1843 maximizing1949 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 260 There is..no culminating Writer..so lofty as out of the reach of Imitation. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 176 The Gothic schools exhibited that love [of variety] in culminating energy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1715adj.1654
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