culminate

/ˈkəɫmɪˌneɪt/

to reach a climax or point of highest development

culminate in a sentence

“Years of work culminated in this breakthrough.”

Latin: culminare (to crown), from culmen (top, summit)

Related Words

precipice

a point where great change or disaster occurs

watershed

an event marking a turning point

nascent

just beginning to develop; not yet fully formed

incipient

in an initial stage; beginning to happen

embryonic

in an early stage of development

germinal

relating to the earliest stage of development