climactic

climactic

pertaining to or coming to a climax: a climactic second act

Not to be confused with:

climacteric – menopause; any critical period: a climacteric of civil unrest

climatic – pertaining to climate; a prevailing condition or atmosphere: The plane was grounded due to unfavorable climatic conditions.

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cli·mac·tic

 (klī-măk′tĭk) also cli·mac·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)

adj.

Relating to or constituting a climax.

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cli·mac′ti·cal·ly adv.

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climactic

(klaɪˈmæktɪk) or

climactical

adj

consisting of, involving, or causing a climax

cliˈmactically adv

Usage: Climatic is sometimes wrongly used where climactic is meant. Climatic is properly used to talk about things relating to climate; climactic is used to describe something which forms a climax

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cli•mac•tic

(klaɪˈmæk tɪk)

also cli•mac′ti•cal,

adj.

pertaining to or coming to a climax.

[1870–75; from climax]

cli•mac′ti•cal•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

climactic - consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development" anticlimactic - coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic"

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climactic

adjective crucial, central, critical, peak, decisive, paramount, pivotal the film's climactic scene

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climactic

adjective

Of or constituting a climax:

crowning, culminating, peak.

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Translations

climactic

[klaɪˈmæktɪk] ADJ → culminante

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climactic

adj the conclusion was climactic in the extreme → der Schluss war ein absoluter Höhepunkt; a climactic scene → ein Höhepunkt

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climactic

[klaɪˈmæktɪk] adj → culminante

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