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summit

noun

  1. highest point
  2. meeting of heads of state
  3. reach the top of a mountain
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verb

  1. reach the highest point
  2. get together with
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmɪt/ / /ˈsʌmət/ / /ˈsʊ-/

name

Etymology: Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.

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noun

Etymology: PIE word *upó The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern French sommet), from Old French somet, sommette, from som, sum (“highest point, summit”) + -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns), -ete, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

    “In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.”

    “How can I crawl up to reach those heights / And run? / The venom is what keeps me alive / The venom is what keeps me alive / Up to the summit at night / Desperate to find that beating heart of mine that always makes me run”

  2. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
  3. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
  4. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
  5. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
  6. The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.

    “Learning from others as from himself, he reached the summit of his development with his latest work.”

  7. The highest level of political leadership.
  8. An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting.

    “They met for an international summit on environmental issues.”

pron

Etymology: A variant of summat.

  1. Alternative spelling of summat (“something”).

    “I need to get summit to eat.”

verb

Etymology: PIE word *upó The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern French sommet), from Old French somet, sommette, from som, sum (“highest point, summit”) + -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns), -ete, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).

    “Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.”

  2. To reach the summit of a mountain.
  3. To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).

    “If the Soviet leaders could go on summiting with the US while bombs poured on North Vietnam and yet claim that they had nothing but the best interests of the Vietnamese revolution in mind, there seems precious little reason to cry wolf at Peking-Bonn relations.”

    “[…] what the North Vietnamese would do while Richard Nixon was summiting in Moscow. […]”

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