the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; the climax of the artists career; in the flood tide of his success

[ Syn: flood tide ]

the decisive moment in a novel or play; the deathbed scene is the climax of the play

[ Syn: culmination ]

the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

[ Syn: orgasm , sexual climax , coming ]

the most severe stage of a disease

arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace

[ Syn: culminate ]