climax | English to English Dictionary

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climax

('kl/aI/m/&/ks )

the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding(noun.event)

Example:
The climax of the artist's career.

Synonym:
flood tide

source: wordnet30
the decisive moment in a novel or play(noun.communication)

Example:
The deathbed scene is the climax of the play.

Synonym:
culmination

source: wordnet30
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse(noun.act)

Synonym:
coming, orgasm, sexual climax

source: wordnet30
the most severe stage of a disease(noun.state)

source: wordnet30
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.(noun)

source: webster1913

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