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How to pronounce “culmination”
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Pronunciation guide for culmination
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of culmination with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The unheard story behind the Sistine Chapel
and you get to the culmination of creation, which is man.
- Definition summary
- (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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How to pronounce culmination
The unheard story behind the Sistine Chapel

and you get to the culmination of creation, which is man.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “culmination”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- (UK, Canada) An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
- (US) An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
- (US, education) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.
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