SUMMIT

summit, summit meeting

(noun) a meeting of heads of governments

peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit

(noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); “the view from the peak was magnificent”; “they clambered to the tip of Monadnock”; “the region is a few molecules wide at the summit”

acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top

(noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; “his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty”; “the artist’s gifts are at their acme”; “at the height of her career”; “the peak of perfection”; “summer was at its peak”; “...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame”; “the summit of his ambition”; “so many highest superlatives achieved by man”; “at the top of his profession”

summit, breast

(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

summit (plural summits)

(countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.

(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.

Usage notes

Colloquially summit is used for only the highest point of a mountain, while in mountaineering any point that is higher than surrounding points is a summit, such as the South Summit of Mount Everest. These are distinguished by topographic prominence as subsummits (low prominence) or independent summits (high prominence).

Synonyms

• (peak, top of mountain): acme, apex, peak, zenith

Verb

summit (third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summitting or summiting, simple past and past participle summitted or summited)

(transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

summit

(Northern England, East Midlands) Something

Anagrams

• mutism

Source: Wiktionary

Sum"mit, n. Etym: [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]

1. The top; the highest point. Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. Shak.

2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated. Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition