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" That honeymoon phase is so much fun in real life, when you meet and discover somebody new and fall in love and chase them. The pursuit. And that climactic final moment of ultimate togetherness."
Lucas Neff

Meaning of "climactic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CLIMACTIC

klaɪˈmæktɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLIMACTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Climactic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLIMACTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of climactic in the English dictionary

The definition of climactic in the dictionary is consisting of, involving, or causing a climax.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLIMACTIC

anaphylactic · anticlimactic · atactic · autodidactic · chemotactic · chiropractic · didactic · extragalactic · galactic · intergalactic · isotactic · lactic · practic · prophylactic · stereotactic · subclimactic · syndiotactic · syntactic · tactic · thigmotactic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLIMACTIC

climacteric · climacterical · climacterically · climactical · climactically · climatal · climate · climate canary · climate change · climate control · climategate · climatic · climatic zone · climatical · climatically · climatise · climatography · climatologic · climatological · climatologically

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLIMACTIC

apractic · arctic · ataractic · chemoprophylactic · delaying tactic · emphractic · heliotactic · hydrotactic · hypallactic · hypotactic · intragalactic · malolactic · metagalactic · nondidactic · parallactic · paratactic · phototactic · phylactic · phyllotactic · stalactic · undidactic

Synonyms and antonyms of climactic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLIMACTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «climactic» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «climactic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLIMACTIC

Find out the translation of climactic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of climactic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «climactic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

高潮
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

culminante
570 millions of speakers
en

English

climactic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

climactic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوجي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

климатические
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

culminante
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

চরম পরিণতিমূলক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

apogée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Climactic
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Höhe
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

クライマックスの
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

클라이 막스
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Climactic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gay cấn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

களமாகவும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हवामानविषयक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

climactic
70 millions of speakers
it

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climactic
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

szczytowy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

кліматичні
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

culminant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλιματολογικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klimaks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kulminerande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klimaks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of climactic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLIMACTIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about climactic

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4 QUOTES WITH «CLIMACTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word climactic.
1
Martin Filler
When Oscar Niemeyer died on December 5, 2012, ten days before his 105th birthday, he was universally regarded as the very last of the twentieth century's major architectural masters, an astonishing survivor whose most famous accomplishment, Brasilia, was the climactic episode of utopian High Modern urbanism.
2
Hal Lindsey
We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
3
Lucas Neff
That honeymoon phase is so much fun in real life, when you meet and discover somebody new and fall in love and chase them. The pursuit. And that climactic final moment of ultimate togetherness.
4
La Monte Young
One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLIMACTIC»

Discover the use of climactic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to climactic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare.
Stephen E. Ambrose, 2013
2
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of ...
Diane McWhorter, daughter of a prominent Birmingham family, weaves together police and FBI records, archival documents, interviews with black activists and Klansmen, and personal memories into an extraordinary narrative of the personalities ...
Diane McWhorter, 2001
3
Jesus' Resurrection as the Climactic Semeion in the Fourth ...
Chapter 3 seeks the function of Jesus' miracles in the Fourth Gospel by examining Jesus' miracle accounts.
Sungjin Bae, 2008
4
Joseph: A Story of Divine Providence : a Text Theoretical ...
Gen 39:19 has a similar use of midparagraph backreference-in this case the longest and most involved backreference in the entire Joseph story. Semantically 39:5 is the climactic moment when Joseph reaches his zenith in Potiphar's house , ...
Robert E. Longacre, 2003
5
Shakespearean Tragedy and Its Double: The Rhythms of ...
The climactic arrangement engages the audience, by shaping our overall expectations and tensions throughout the course of the scene. The contrapuntal undertow, on the other hand, detaches the audience with its digressive tones and hints ...
Kent Cartwright, 2010
6
Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada
There is no evidence of andesitic or dacitic volcanism between 40 ka and the climactic eruption. Rhyodacitic magma erupted as pumice and lava flows between 30 and 25 ka at Grouse Hill, Steel Bay, and Redcloud Cliff. All are hornblende ...
Charles A. Wood, Jurgen Kienle (ed), 1992
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
✳Clientage, ✳clientelage, and ✳clientry are needless variants of clientele. climactic; climacteric; climatic. Though formerly it was thought to be inferior to climacteric (/kli-mak-tәrik/), the word climactic (/kli-mak-tik/) is now established as the ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
8
Sonata Form in Ravel's Pre-war Chamber Music
second rotation, due to the shortened transition, the parallel climactic passage and its denouement lead to the secondary- theme zone. The second movement's ternary form also contains two climactic passages, again at corresponding ...
Sigrun B. Heinzelmann, 2008
9
Jazz Arranging
The next step is to harmonize the climactic points. At the first climactic point it is not mandatory to place a principal dissonant interval in the vertical structure. The manner in which the first point is harmonized dictates how the rest of the passage  ...
Norman David, 1998
10
Messages that Work: A Guide to Communication Design
M. General Rules: 1. The higher the information load, the higher the structural complexity should be. 2. High readiness indicates a need for climactic structure. 3 . High readiness indicates a need for direct support development. 4.
Patrick O. Marsh, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLIMACTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term climactic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stratford's 'Taming of the Shrew' charms by playing it straight
There are traditionally two ways to deliver the bride's climactic compliance scene. By playing Katherina's lengthy monologue seemingly without ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
'Fight or Flight'
Whereas the premiere moved along like a film that cut off at its climactic moment—y'know, if the movie-going public would be cool with the ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
3
Heroes: Reborn: 5 ways NBC's revival seeks to avoid past mistakes
Kring's plan for a major climactic battle at for the season 1 finale had to be disappointingly curtailed to keep the show's budget in line. «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
4
Season 3 of 'House of Cards' now available
The relationship between the First Couple evolves during this season and reaches a climactic state by the end. And Francis' assistant Doug ... «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
5
Novak Djokovic vs Kevin Anderson, Wimbledon 2015 - as it happened
12.34. It's raining! The wait goes on for this climactic fifth set. 12.15. Djokovic and Anderson will be back on Court One at 1pm. Here are their ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Doctor Who Season 9 News: Rachel Talalay on This Year's …
Rachel Talalay, the director of series eight's "Dark Water" and "Death In Heaven," is back to end series nine with another climactic two-parter. «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
7
Philips facility develops "light recipes" for city farming
Crops are planted in four-layered mechanized racks and there are eight rooms with set climactic conditions. Research is focused in particular ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»
8
LIVE REPORT: Boredoms
With only a trickle of recordings released since their climactic 1999 album, Vision Creation New Sun, Boredoms have popped in and out of the ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
9
South Korean coffee boom goes international
... in the hit TV drama series Secret Garden — including a climactic kiss triggered by one character leaving Caffé Bene latte foam on her top lip. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
10
Theater Review (San Antonio): 'Water By the Spoonful' by Quiara …
She gives Orangutan and Chutes & Ladders a story arc that's not completely convincing, and there are a few too many climactic scenes. «Blogcritics, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Climactic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/climactic>. May 2024 ».
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