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NOUN (3)

1. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development;
- Example: "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
- Example: "the artist's gifts are at their acme"
- Example: "at the height of her career"
- Example: "the peak of perfection"
- Example: "summer was at its peak"
- Example: "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
- Example: "the summit of his ambition"
- Example: "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"
- Example: "at the top of his profession"
[syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top]

2. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill);
- Example: "the view from the peak was magnificent"
- Example: "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"
- Example: "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
[syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit]

3. a meeting of heads of governments;
[syn: summit, summit meeting]


VERB (1)

1. reach the summit (of a mountain);
- Example: "They breasted the mountain"
- Example: "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
[syn: summit, breast]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Summit \Sum"mit\, n. [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from
   L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]
   1. The top; the highest point.
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            Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. --Shak.
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   2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as,
      the summit of human fame.
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   3. (Zool.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the
      part in which the hinge is situated.
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   Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or
      the like, in surmounting an ascent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

summit
    n 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" [syn: 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" [syn: peak, crown, crest,
       top, tip, summit]
    3: a meeting of heads of governments [syn: summit, summit
       meeting]
    v 1: reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the
         mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all
         summit" [syn: summit, breast]