climax
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
- definition the decisive moment in a novel or play
- definition the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- definition the most severe stage of a disease
- definition arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
- definition end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage