culminates in vs culminates into

Both "culminates in" and "culminates into" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Culminates in" is used to describe a process or series of events leading to a final result, while "culminates into" is used to describe a transformation or change into something else.

Last updated: March 26, 2024

culminates in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "culminates in" to describe a process or series of events that lead to a final result or outcome.

Examples:

The project culminates in a spectacular fireworks display.
Years of hard work culminate in this moment of success.

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The affirmation of Europeans and Americans as brothers in arms culminates in the undertaking that 'Europe's military capabilities are to be increased' 'with a view to establishing better partnership relations between the European Union and the United States in political and military terms'.
This cult of the quantitative culminates in a grotesque comparison between the number of American and 'European' diplomats, the number of 'European' diplomats having been obtained by adding up the numbers of professional diplomats attached to the foreign services of our various countries.
This war culminates in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion... in April, 1961... when Kennedy refuses to provide air cover for the exiled Cuban brigade.
The culture of deregulation culminates in 1999.
Last but not least, public opinion is vital to ensuring that the accession process culminates in success.
And, it all culminates in the "spirit of Greendale" reception.
The story culminates in a battle of five different armies, all vying for the dragon's treasure.
You're asking me if it is possible for a person to use a ballpoint pen to set off a chain of events that culminates in someone getting killed by a bus twice?
Does it duly acknowledge that the lack of any reaction whatsoever from the superiors may lead to an escalation in feelings and use of language which culminates in an unwanted outcome for everybody but, ultimately, in many instances, simply for the whistleblower?
They find it unacceptable that the Commission should give preference to sanctions and ukases, in the name of the virtues of liberalism and the market, while at the same time that out-of-control liberalism culminates in companies in Europe closing down one after the other.
Whole thing typically lasts five to seven years, fifty percent of them end in a bitter divorce, and it all culminates in a big ceremony where you walk down the aisle wearing a fancy gown.
That follows from the principle of the autonomy of institutional proceedings and culminates in the finding that settlements via legal proceedings may under no circumstances be based on Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty.
The President-in-Office of the Council has praised the Community budgetary method and although, admittedly, this method always ultimately culminates in agreement, more than anything, the annual budgetary ritual is a rather irrational process.

Alternatives:

ends in
results in
finishes with
concludes in

culminates into

This phrase is correct but less commonly used than "culminates in." It is used to describe a transformation or change into something else.

Use "culminates into" to describe a process or series of events that result in a transformation or change into something different.