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Climax

see synonyms of climax

Noun

1. climax, flood tide

the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

Example Sentences:
'the climax of the artist's career'
'in the flood tide of his success'

2. climax, culmination

the decisive moment in a novel or play

Example Sentences:
'the deathbed scene is the climax of the play'

3. climax, coming, orgasm, sexual climax

the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

4. climax

the most severe stage of a disease

5. climax

arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

Verb

6. climax, culminate

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

Example Sentences:
'The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Climax

see synonyms of climax
noun
1. 
the most intense or highest point of an experience or of a series of events
the party was the climax of the week
2. 
a decisive moment in a dramatic or other work
3. 
a rhetorical device by which a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases are arranged in order of increasing intensity
4. ecology
the stage in the development of a community during which it remains stable under the prevailing environmental conditions
5. Also called: sexual climax (esp in referring to women) another word for orgasm
verb
6. 
to reach or bring to a climax

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Climax

see synonyms of climax
noun
1. 
a rhetorical series of ideas, images, etc. arranged progressively so that the most forceful is last
2. 
the final, culminating element or event in a series; highest point, as of interest or excitement
; specif.,
a. 
the decisive turning point of the action, as in a drama
b. 
an orgasm
3.  Ecology
a final, self-perpetuating community of plants and animals that develops in a particular climate, soil, etc.: it will persist as long as the same conditions prevail
verb intransitive, verb transitive
4. 
to reach or bring to a climax

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Climax

see synonyms of climax
n.
1. The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination. See Synonyms at summit.
2.
a. A series of statements or ideas in an ascending order of rhetorical force or intensity.
b. The final statement in such a series.
3.
a. A moment of great or culminating intensity in a narrative or drama, especially the conclusion of a crisis.
b. The turning point in a plot or dramatic action.
4. See orgasm.
5. Ecology A climax community.
tr. & intr.v. cli·maxed, cli·max·ing, cli·max·es
To bring to or reach a climax.

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