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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
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