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To rapidly reach a turning point or climax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- His festering anger came to a head after the incident.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To reach its final stage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
arribar a un punt crític
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Chinese Mandarin:
到緊要關頭 /到紧要关头
(dào jǐnyàoguāntóu)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Chinese Mandarin:
到轉折點 /到转折点
(dào zhuǎnzhédiǎn)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Chinese Mandarin:
進入緊要關頭 /进入紧要关头
(jìnrù jǐnyàoguāntóu)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Chinese Mandarin:
進入轉折點 /进入转折点
(jìnrù zhuǎnzhédiǎn)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Wu Chinese:
到要緊個辰光 /到要紧个辰光
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Dutch:
tot een uitbarsting komen
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Dutch:
een kritiek punt bereiken
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Finnish:
kärjistyä
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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French:
arriver à un point critique
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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German:
zuspitzen
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Greek:
καταλήγω σε κρίση
(katalígo se krísi)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Greek:
αποκορυφώνομαι
(apokoryfónomai)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Hebrew:
הגיע לשיא
(higía lasí)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Japanese:
熟する
(jukusuru)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Korean:
곪다
(gomda)
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Norman:
têter
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Polish:
stawiać sprawę na ostrzu noża
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Polish:
postawić sprawę na ostrzu noża
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Portuguese:
culminar
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Portuguese:
atingir um ponto crítico
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Spanish:
culminar
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Spanish:
llegar a un punto crítico
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Swedish:
komma till ett avgörande
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Swedish:
komma till sin spets
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Welsh:
dod i ben
— to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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Chinese Mandarin:
顯現 /显现
(xiǎnxiàn)
— to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time
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Finnish:
purkautua
— to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time
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Portuguese:
vir à tona
— to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time
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Welsh:
dod i ben
— to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time
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Chinese Mandarin:
突然成熟
(tūrán chéngshú)
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Finnish:
tehdä valmiiksi
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Portuguese:
madurar
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Portuguese:
amadurecer
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Portuguese:
madurecer
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Russian:
назре́ть
(nazrétʹ)
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Russian:
назрева́ть
(nazrevátʹ)
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Ukrainian:
назріва́ти
(nazriváty)
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Ukrainian:
назрі́ти
(nazríty)
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Welsh:
dod i ben
— to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed
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Azerbaijani:
yetişmək
— to reach its final stage
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Chinese Mandarin:
化膿 /化脓
(huànóng)
— to reach its final stage
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Chuvash:
шыҫ
(šyś)
— to reach its final stage
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Finnish:
kypsyä
— to reach its final stage
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French:
mûrir
— to reach its final stage
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Khmer:
ពង
(pɔɔng)
— to reach its final stage
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Portuguese:
supurar
— to reach its final stage
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Portuguese:
criar pus
— to reach its final stage
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Russian:
нарва́ть
(narvátʹ)
— to reach its final stage
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Russian:
нарыва́ть
(naryvátʹ)
— to reach its final stage
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Welsh:
dod i ben
— to reach its final stage
