climax — ozdic

Collocations

12

1

(noun.) exciting/important event, point in time, etc.

ADJ

big, dramatic, exciting, grand, great, powerful, thrilling | fitting

VERB + CLIMAX

come to, reach

The movie came to its climax when the main character discovered the truth about his family.

approach, near, rise to, build up to, work up to

The movie's tension continued to rise to an exciting climax in the final scene.

bring sth to

The argument came to a climax when she finally told him the truth.

mark

The final game of the tournament marked the climax of an exciting season for the team.

CLIMAX + VERB

come

The most dramatic moment came during the final match of the tournament.

PREP

at the ~

The best scene happens at the climax when the two characters finally meet after years apart.

in a/the ~

The movie reached its turning point in a surprising climax when the main character revealed the truth.

~ to

The fireworks display provided a spectacular climax to the festival.

2

(noun.) highest point of sexual pleasure

ADJ

sexual

VERB + CLIMAX

achieve, reach

After months of training, the athlete finally reached the climax of her career with an Olympic gold medal.

Definitions

noun

1

A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

Ye haue a figure which as well by his Greeke and Latine originals […] may be called the marching figure […] and goeth as it were by ſtrides or paces; it may aſwell by called the clyming figure, for Clymax is as much to ſay as a ladder,[…]

Climax, by steps advancing, onward goes Higher and still more high to an impassion'd close.

2

An instance of such an ascending series.

[…]Expressions for the whole Climax of sensibility[…]

The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!

3

The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.

As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.

4

A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly

In the accomplishment of this, they frequently reach the climax of absurdity.

5

A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series

When he adds epithets of praise, his climax is ‘so English’.

verb

1

To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).

Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.

Frank had two bouts in October of 1954, losing them both, and then climaxed his career with a 6-round decision victory over Mickey Warner on December 1, 1954.

2

To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

A group of about 50 people, mostly young adults and teenagers, charged into a city park where gay people were having a swimming party on June 8. Gay people were attacked, climaxing a year in which this conservative Ohio city [Cincinnati] has become aware of its gay population.

name

1

A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.

2

A number of places in the United States:

3

A number of places in the United States:

4

A number of places in the United States:

5

A number of places in the United States:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

noun — the decisive moment in a novel or play

culmination

verb — end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

culminate

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Ye haue a figure which as well by his Greeke and Latine originals […] may be called the marching figure […] and goeth as it were by ſtrides or paces; it may aſwell by called the clyming figure, for Cl

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02

Climax, by steps advancing, onward goes Higher and still more high to an impassion'd close.

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03

[…]Expressions for the whole Climax of sensibility[…]

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04

Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a t

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05

Frank had two bouts in October of 1954, losing them both, and then climaxed his career with a 6-round decision victory over Mickey Warner on December 1, 1954.

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06

I have never been able to climax during sex. Is my masturbation style to blame? [title]

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Usage Notes

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