Meaning & Definition of Summit in English
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Summit
/səmət/
noun
1. 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"
synonym:
- acme,
- height,
- elevation,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- summit,
- superlative,
- meridian,
- tiptop,
- top
2. 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"
synonym:
- peak,
- crown,
- crest,
- top,
- tip,
- summit
3. A meeting of heads of governments
synonym:
- summit,
- summit meeting
verb
1. Reach the summit (of a mountain)
- "They breasted the mountain"
- "Many mountaineers go up mt. everest but not all summit"
synonym:
- summit,
- breast
Examples of using
Health groups have called for an urgent summit to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence, which has reached epidemic proportions throughout the country.
I reached the summit of the mountain in exactly five hours.
I reached the summit of the mountain in exactly five hours.