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    climax
    /ˈklʌɪmaks/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. culminate in an exciting or impressive event; reach a climax: "the day climaxed with a gala concert" Similar culminatepeakcome to a climaxreach a pinnacle

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  2. CLIMAX definition: 1. the most important or exciting point in a story or situation, especially when this happens near…. Learn more.

  3. Jul 4, 2012 · The meaning of CLIMAX is a figure of speech in which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness. How to use climax in a sentence.

  4. Climax definition: the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination. See examples of CLIMAX used in a sentence.

  5. When something — like a movie or piece of musicreaches its most important or exciting part, that's the climax. A climax is a high point.

  6. The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.

  7. noun. /ˈklaɪmæks/ the most exciting or important event or point in time. to come to/reach a climax. Signing the peace agreement was the climax of his political career. The team’s 3–1 victory in the final provided a fitting climax to a great season. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

  8. CLIMAX meaning: 1. the most exciting or important part of something: 2. to reach the most important or exciting…. Learn more.

  9. 1. the most intense or highest point of an experience or of a series of events: the party was the climax of the week. 2. (Theatre) a decisive moment in a dramatic or other work. 3. (Rhetoric) a rhetorical device by which a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases are arranged in order of increasing intensity. 4.

  10. Climax definition: The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination.

  11. CLIMAX meaning: 1 : the most exciting and important part of a story, play, or movie that occurs usually at or near the end; 2 : the most interesting and exciting part of something the high point.