Synonymer
| Översättning | |
|---|---|
| Substantiv | |
| 1. | klimax |
| 2. | höjdpunkt {en} |
Definitioner
Substantiv
- The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; a culmination
- The turning point in a plot or in dramatic action, especially one marking a change in the protagonist's affairs.
- (ecology) A stage of ecological development in which a community of organisms is stable and capable of perpetuating itself.
- (slang) An orgasm.
- (rhetoric) Ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude.
- (rhetoric) Anadiplosis.
Verb
Exempel
- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when the seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
- Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
- To orgasm; to reach orgasm
- To reach or bring to a climax
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | climaxed |
| Imperfekt | climaxed |
| Presensparticip | climaxing |
| Plural | climaxes |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | climaxes |