Climax (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president.
  2. (in a dramatic or literary work) a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
  3. Rhetoric.
    • a figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity.
    • the last term or member of this figure.
  4. an orgasm.
  5. the stable and self-perpetuating end stage in the ecological succession or evolution of a plant and animal community.
verb (used with or without object)
  1. to bring to or reach a climax.
noun
  1. the most intense or highest point of an experience or of a series of events
  2. a decisive moment in a dramatic or other work
  3. a rhetorical device by which a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases are arranged in order of increasing intensity
  4. the stage in the development of a community during which it remains stable under the prevailing environmental conditions
  5. Also called: sexual climax (esp in referring to women) another word for orgasm
verb
  1. to reach or bring to a climax
Climax (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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