CLIMAX


Meaning of CLIMAX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ klaɪmæks ]

( climaxes, climaxing, climaxed)

1.

The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.

For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career...

It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety...

The last golf tournament of the European season is building up to a dramatic climax.

N-COUNT : oft N of/to n

2.

The event that climaxes a sequence of events is an exciting or important event that comes at the end. You can also say that a sequence of events climaxes with a particular event. ( JOURNALISM )

The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes...

They’ve just finished a sell-out UK tour that climaxed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.

VERB : V n , V with n

3.

A climax is an orgasm .

N-VAR

4.

When someone climaxes , they have an orgasm.

Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.

VERB : V

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