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Definition: CULMINATED |
CULMINATEDImperative & past participle1. Of Culminate |
Date "CULMINATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Crosswords: CULMINATED |
| English words defined with "CULMINATED": climax, culminate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CULMINATED": BERNHARDT ♦ SuperJanet. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Summer pastimes. The bitter rivalry of years culminated last week in a bet ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | International arbitration on a dispute over the ownership of the television channel NOVA and alleged fraud and commercial misconduct by the station's license holder culminated in two decisions against the Government for not fulfilling its obligations under separate bilateral investment treaties. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Actions against the media culminated with a public attack on opposition newspapers by ruling New Azerbaijan Party officials during a party congress on November 21 and 22. In December in a televised meeting with opposition and independent media representatives, President Aliyev acknowledged government mistakes and promised to correct them. (references) | |
Economic History | Turkey | This process culminated in the disastrous Ottoman participation in World War I as a German ally. (references) |
Human Rights | Guatemala | The riot lasted more than six hours and culminated in a shootout between the prisoners and the guards attempting to rescue their colleagues. (references) |
Indigenous People | Mexico | Their trip, which included a 2-day congress of indigenous people culminated in a meeting in the main square of Mexico City with some 100,000 supporters in attendance. (references) |
Minorities | Poland | The march culminated in a rally at which demonstrators burned the Israeli and EU flags. (references) |
Political Economy | Seychelles | In the early 1990's, the SPPF guided the country's return to a multiparty political system, which culminated in 1993 in the country's first free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections since 1977. In September President Rene and the SPPF again won reelection with 54 percent of the vote; Seychelles National Party (SNP) candidate Wavel Ramkalawan received 45 percent and independent candidate Dr. Philip Boulle 1 percent. (references) |
Political Rights | Yugoslavia | This sparked citizen protests in Belgrade and a general strike in favor of the opposition beginning on October 2, 2000 which culminated in a mass demonstration on October 5, 2000 by half a million citizens calling for Milosevic to give up power. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CULMINATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 86.67% of the time. "CULMINATED" is used about 195 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 86.67% | 169 | 23,972 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 13.33% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 195 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CULMINATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 达到高潮 (Culminate, Culminating). (various references) | ||||
French | culminait. (various references) | ||||
German | kulminierte, gipfelte. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 남중하ëŠ". (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ulminatedcay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"CULMINATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calcinated, calminate, cluminate, columnated, cullminate, culmenated, culumniated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CULMINATED" (pronounced ku"lmunā'tud) |
| 7 | -m u n ā' t u d | contaminated, decontaminated, denominated, discriminated, disseminated, dominated, eliminated, emanated, exterminated, germinated, illuminated, laminated, nominated, predominated, renominated, ruminated, terminated, uncontaminated. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t u d | alienated, assassinated, caffeinated, carbonated, chlorinated, decaffeinated, detonated, fascinated, halogenated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, impersonated, indoctrinated, marinated, opinionated, originated, oxygenated, pollinated, rejuvenated, resonated, subordinated. |
| 5 | -n ā' t u d | alternated, designated, donated, impregnated, reincarnated, stagnated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abdicated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alleviated, allocated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, depreciated, desegregated, deteriorated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, disintegrated, dissipated, domesticated, duplicated, educated, elevated, elucidated, emaciated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, implicated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, orchestrated, orientated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, relegated, renegotiated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-l-m-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: acidulent, culminate, dentalium, unclaimed. | |
-2 letters: dulcinea, incudate, maledict, neumatic, talmudic. | |
-3 letters: ailment, aliment, aliunde, alumine, alunite, audient, calumet, cauline, citadel, claimed, climate, cutline, decimal, declaim, decuman, deltaic, dialect, diluent, ductile, edictal, include, incudal, inlaced, linecut, lunated, lunatic, maculed, mantled, maudlin, mediant, medical, melanic, metical, miauled, midcult, minuted, mulcted, mutined, nematic, nuclide, tunicae, tunicle. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-l-m-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: calumniated. | |
+2 letters: unacclimated. | |
+3 letters: documentalist, documentarily, malfunctioned, multibranched, uncomplicated. | |
+4 letters: counterclaimed, documentalists, multinucleated, unacclimatized. | |
+5 letters: documentational, nonmatriculated. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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