noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
represent
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They represent the culmination of a term or year's work or the end-point of a course of study.
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The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Carnival time in Rio is the culmination of months of preparation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If it was on purpose, the culmination of some evil conspiracy, well of course it will happen again.
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Is this what you imagined the culmination of your life would be?
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The creation of devices capable of producing resonance was the culmination of a long and patient exploration of sounds.
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The nurse brings to the relationship herself as a unique human being, the culmination of her particular life experiences.
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The same approach is applied to the whole body of a three-quarter length figure, which is the culmination of the series.
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There was, obviously, no simple starting point for the developments we shall examine, nor any pre-ordained culmination .
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This was the culmination of an atomic programme that the Fourth Republic had begun and which de Gaulle had accelerated.