What is the meaning of culminate?

verb

• End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.
  • usage: "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
  • synonyms: climax
• Bring to a head or to the highest point.
  • usage: "Seurat culminated pointillism"
• Reach the highest or most decisive point.
• Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body.
• Rise to, or form, a summit.
  • usage: "The helmet culminated in a crest"