| NOUN | event | climax, flood tide | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |
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| communication | climax, culmination | the decisive moment in a novel or play | |
| act | climax, orgasm, sexual climax, coming | the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | |
| state | climax | the most severe stage / stage of a disease | |
| communication | climax | arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | |
| VERB | change | climax, culminate | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
| Sounds | klay'mae.ks | |
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| Rhymes | Acts ... Zovirax: 33 rhymes with aeks... | |
| Meaning | The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. | |
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| Example | "the climax of the artist's career" | |
| Synonym | flood tide | |
| Broader | juncture, occasion | An event that occurs at a critical time |
| Spanish | apogeo | |
| Adjectives | climactic | consisting of or causing a climax |
| Verbs | climax | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
| Meaning | The decisive moment in a novel or play. | |
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| Example | "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" | |
| Synonym | culmination | |
| Part of | story | A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events |
| Broader | moment, minute, second, instant | A particular point in time |
| Spanish | climax, clímax, punto culminante | |
| Catalan | clímax, punt culminant | |
| Adjectives | climactic | consisting of or causing a climax |
| Verbs | climax | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
| Meaning | The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse. | |
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| Synonyms | orgasm, sexual climax, coming | |
| Narrower | male orgasm | An orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen |
| Broader | consummation | The act of bringing to completion or fruition |
| Spanish | clímax, clímax sexual, orgasmo | |
| Catalan | clímax, clímax sexual, orgasme | |
| Adjectives | climactic | consisting of or causing a climax |
| Meaning | The most severe stage / stage of a disease. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | degree, level, stage, point | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
| Adjectives | climactic | consisting of or causing a climax |
| Meaning | arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
| Spanish | clímax | |
| Catalan | clímax | |
| Meaning | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | culminate | |
| Narrower | crown, top | Be the culminating event |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Spanish | culminar | |
| Catalan | culminar | |
| Nouns | climax | the decisive moment in a novel or play |
| climax | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding | |
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