(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
The ~ of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the ~ of her career...
It was the ~ to 24 hours of growing anxiety...
The last golf tournament of the European season is building up to a dramatic ~.
N-COUNT: oft N of/to n
2.
The event that ~es a sequence of events is an exciting or important event that comes at the end. You can also say that a sequence of events ~es with a particular event. (JOURNALISM)
The demonstration ~ed two weeks of strikes...
They’ve just finished a sell-out UK tour that ~ed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.
VERB: V n, V with n
3.
A ~ is an orgasm .
N-VAR
4.
When someone ~es, they have an orgasm.
Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to ~.
VERB: V