culminating
Arriving at climax
Culminating describes something reaching its highest point, final stage, or decisive moment.
As the present participle of culminate, it appears in phrases like the culminating event or a culminating achievement to mark the climax of a process or series.
A culminating project in education is a final assignment that demonstrates mastery of learned material.
When something is culminating, it is building toward or arriving at its peak.
Uppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- crescendoGradual increase in loudness
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
highpoint · apogee · acme · summit · vertex · peak · epitome · ne plus ultra
Resounding, celebrated victory
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
- tour de forceExceptional feat of skill
breakthrough · crowning achievement · feat · milestone · victory · realization · fulfillment · masterwork
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
climax · highpoint · apogee · acme · summit · vertex · peak · epitome · ne plus ultra · high-water mark
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
tour de force · breakthrough · crowning achievement · feat · milestone · victory · realization · fulfillment · masterwork · capstone
conclusion
End or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- completionAct of finishing
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
endgame · closure · summation · finishing · ending · final stage · last act · swan song · epilogue · coda
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- peakspeak, summit, mountaintop, mountain peak, pinnacle
culminatingbeginning
Initial stage of something
starting · commencing · initiating · opening · originating