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Culmination

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Instant 76% connected

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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Minute 76% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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Moment 76% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Phase 76% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Second 76% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Consummation 76% connected

The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Finishing 76% connected

of Finish

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Graduation 76% connected

The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evapor…

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Climax 74% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Climax 74% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Complete 74% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Complete 74% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Culminate 74% connected

To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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Culminate 74% connected

To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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Containing whole 1

Story 70% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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Synonym 4

Apogee 92% connected

That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

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Climax 92% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Closing 92% connected

of Close

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Completion 92% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

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