climax
IPA: kɫˈaɪmæks
noun
- (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
- (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
- (now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
- (rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
- (ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
- (euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
- A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community and mining location in Lake County, Colorado.
- A small town in Decatur County, Georgia.
- A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
- A village and township in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Polk County, Minnesota.
- A hamlet in Greene County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Guilford County and Randolph County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
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Examples of "climax" in Sentences
- Then at the climax, the music was exquisite.
- Portions of the climax pay homage to Vertigo.
- Climax came out of the ashes of The Outsiders.
- The climax of the play occurs at the puppet show.
- The climax is an out and out homage to that movie.
- All this is suspense and is disclosed in the climax.
- The climax is a defiant call for the union to strike.
- The action comes to a thrilling climax at the circus.
- If the outside was extravagant, the interior was no anti climax.
- As revealed at the climax of the story, the resemblance is not accidental.