climax in English dictionary

  • climax

    Meanings and definitions of "climax"

    • The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; a culmination
    • The turning point in a plot or in dramatic action, especially one marking a change in the protagonist's affairs.
    • A stage of ecological development in which a community of organisms, is stable and capable of perpetuating itself.
    • (slang) An orgasm.
    • (rhetoric): Ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude.
    • (rhetoric): Anadiplosis.
    • To reach or bring to a climax
    • noun
      (originally rhetoric)
      A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      An instance of such an ascending series.
    • noun
      (now commonly)
      A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
    • verb
      To reach or bring to a climax
    • verb
      To orgasm; to reach orgasm
    • A botanical term referring to the terminal community said to be achieved when a sere (a sequential development of a plant community or group of plant communities on the same site over a period of time) achieves dynamic equilibrium with its environment and in particular with its prevailing climate. Each of the world's major vegetation climaxes is equivalent to a biome. Many botanists believe that climate is the master factor in a plant environment and that even if several types of plant succession occur in an area they will all tend to converge towards a climax form of vegetation.(Source: WHIT)
    • The moment of most intense feeling and pleasure during sexual activity.
    • To reach a sexual climax; to experience orgasm.
    • point of greatest intensity or force
    • orgasm
    • climax (story)
    • pole (north, south)
    • noun
      arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
    • noun
      the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
    • noun
      the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
    • noun
      the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
    • noun
      the most severe stage of a disease
    • verb
      end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

    Synonyms of "climax" in English dictionary

    stop, consummation, culminate are the top synonyms of "climax" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of climax

    • climax ( third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)
    • climax ( plural  climaxes)
    • climax (plural climaxes)
    • climax (third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)
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