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climax — noun 1 exciting/important event, point in time, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big, dramatic, exciting, explosive, grand, great, powerful, stunning, thrilling ▪ … Collocations dictionary
climax — /kluy maks/, n. 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 … Universalium
climax — 01. Winning the silver medal at the World Championships was the [climax] of his athletic career. 02. At the [climax] of the music festival, all the top performers came out on stage together to play the last number. 03. A visit to Mecca was the… … Grammatical examples in English
climax — 1 noun (countable usually singular) 1 the most exciting or important part of a story or experience that normally comes near the end (+ of): the climax of an exciting expedition | reach a climax: The opera reaches its climax in the third act. 2 an … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
climax — /ˈklaɪmæks / (say kluymaks) noun 1. the highest point of anything; the culmination. 2. that point in the drama in which it is clear that the central motive will or will not be successful. 3. Rhetoric a. a figure consisting in a series of related… …
reach — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 distance over which you can stretch, travel, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ Gorillas have a very long reach. VERB + REACH ▪ have PREPOSITION … Collocations dictionary
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Philosophy and its background in the early medieval West — Rosamond McKitterick and John Marenbon ‘Libraries, schools and the dissemination of texts’ is by Rosamond McKitterick; the ‘Introduction’ and ‘Philosophical themes’ are by John Marenbon. INTRODUCTION The period from 800 to 1100 is even more… … History of philosophy
Supernatural (season 1) — Supernatural Season 1 DVD cover art … Wikipedia
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series) — Out of the Blue Out of the Blue intertitle Genre Soap Opera Created by John Edwards Julie McGauran … Wikipedia
Foucault + dead power — by Rex Butler In a superb memoir published in October magazine, Sylvère Lotringer (2008) recalls the circumstances surrounding the original French publication of Forget Foucault (2007a [1977]). Baudrillard, who at the time was a relatively… … The Baudrillard dictionary
