Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to climax
Participle: climaxed
Gerund: climaxing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | climax |
| you | climax |
| he;she;it | climaxes |
| we | climax |
| you | climax |
| they | climax |
Perfect
| I | have climaxed |
| you | have climaxed |
| he;she;it | has climaxed |
| we | have climaxed |
| you | have climaxed |
| they | have climaxed |
Past
| I | climaxed |
| you | climaxed |
| he;she;it | climaxed |
| we | climaxed |
| you | climaxed |
| they | climaxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had climaxed |
| you | had climaxed |
| he;she;it | had climaxed |
| we | had climaxed |
| you | had climaxed |
| they | had climaxed |
Future
| I | will climax |
| you | will climax |
| he;she;it | will climax |
| we | will climax |
| you | will climax |
| they | will climax |
Future Perfect
| I | will have climaxed |
| you | will have climaxed |
| he;she;it | will have climaxed |
| we | will have climaxed |
| you | will have climaxed |
| they | will have climaxed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | climax |
| you | climax |
| he;she;it | climax |
| we | climax |
| you | climax |
| they | climax |
Perfect
| I | have climaxed |
| you | have climaxed |
| he;she;it | have climaxed |
| we | have climaxed |
| you | have climaxed |
| they | have climaxed |
Imperfect
| I | climaxed |
| you | climaxed |
| he;she;it | climaxed |
| we | climaxed |
| you | climaxed |
| they | climaxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had climaxed |
| you | had climaxed |
| he;she;it | had climaxed |
| we | had climaxed |
| you | had climaxed |
| they | had climaxed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would climax |
| you | would climax |
| he;she;it | would climax |
| we | would climax |
| you | would climax |
| they | would climax |
Perfect
| I | would have climaxed |
| you | would have climaxed |
| he;she;it | would have climaxed |
| we | would have climaxed |
| you | would have climaxed |
| they | would have climaxed |
Imperative
| you | climax |
| we | Let's climax |
| you | climax |
Verbs conjugated like 'climax'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'climax'
climate,
climb,
alias,
blimp,
chillax,
chimb,
chime,
chimp,
cizar,
clad,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).
Sample Sentences
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All our memories are burning in time / Like a bittersweet perfume / Can you tell me how a love that's so fine / Could have climaxed in a single afternoon? [1978, Bionic Boogie, “Hot Butterfly”, in Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly (performed by Luther Vandross):]
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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. [2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club:]
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Frank had two bouts in October of 1954, losing them both, and then climaxed his career with a 6-round decision victory over Mickey Warner on December 1, 1954. [2018, Craig Snyder, The Boxers of Youngstown Ohio:]
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I have never been able to climax during sex. Is my masturbation style to blame? [title] [2023 May 30, Pamela Stephenson Connolly, “I have never been able to climax during sex. Is my masturbation style to blame?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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A group of about 50 people, mostly young adults and teenagers, charged into a city park where gay people were having a swimming party on June 8. Gay people were attacked, climaxing a year in which this conservative Ohio city [Cincinnati] has become aware of its gay population. [1979 August 4, Walter Williams, “Swimmers Attacked”, in Gay Community News, page 3:]