DEF: To reach the highest point. To reach the end result.
EX: 1. Your trip will culminate at a spectacular song and dance show in Paris. 2. This presentation is the culmination of a year of hard works.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
culminate (verb)intransitive verb
1.
of a celestial body to reach its highest altitude , also to be directly overhead
2.
a) to rise to or form a summit
transitive verb
b) to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point to bring to a head or to the highest point