climax

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (Freq. 2)
- the climax of the artist's career
- in the flood tide of his success
• Syn:
flood tide
• Derivationally related forms:
climactic
• Hypernyms:
juncture, occasion
2. the decisive moment in a novel or play (Freq. 2)
- the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
• Syn:
culmination
• Derivationally related forms:
culminate (for: culmination), climactic
• Hypernyms:
moment, minute, second, instant
• Part Holonyms:
story
3. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
orgasm, sexual climax, coming
• Derivationally related forms:
come (for: coming), climactic
• Hypernyms:
consummation
• Hyponyms:
male orgasm
4. the most severe stage of a disease
• Derivationally related forms:
climactic
• Hypernyms:
degree, level, stage, point
5. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
• Hypernyms:
rhetorical device

II - verb

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (Freq. 2)
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
• Syn:
culminate
• Derivationally related forms:
culmination (for: culminate)
• Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Hyponyms:
crown, top
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  orgasm, sexual climax, coming, culmination, flood tide, culminate