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How to pronounce “climax

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Pronunciation guide for climax

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of climax with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
The uncomplicated truth about women's sexualityStraight women tend to reach climax
Definition summary
(originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

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How to pronounce climax

The uncomplicated truth about women's sexuality

Straight women tend to reach climax

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A Deep Dive Into “climax

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
  • (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
  • (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
  • (now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
  • [Verb]
  • (ambitransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
  • To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

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