summit
Noun · VerbUS[suhm-uht]/ˈsʌmət/2 syllablesalso [suhm-it] /ˈsʌmɪt/
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)summits
- 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”Synonyms: acmeheightelevationpeakpinnaclesuperlativemeridiantiptoptopType of degree, level
- 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”Synonyms: peakcrowncresttoptipType of topographic point, placeKinds hilltop, mountain peak, pinnacle
- a meeting of heads of governmentsSynonyms: summit meetingType of meeting, group meeting
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Translations
Noun peak, top of a mountain
- Spanish
- cumbre
- French
- sommet
- German
- Gipfel
- Italian
- cima
- Portuguese
- cume
- Turkish
- zirve
- Russian
- верши́на veršína
- Arabic
- قِمَّة qimma
- Chinese
- 顶峰 dǐngfēng
- Japanese
- 山頂 sanchō
28 more languages
- Dutch
- top
- Polish
- szczyt
- Swedish
- toppmöte
- Greek
- κορυφή koryfí
- Korean
- 정상 jeongsang
- Indonesian
- puncak
- Vietnamese
- chỏm
- Hungarian
- csúcs
- Portuguese (PT)
- cume
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 頂峰 dǐngfēng
- Albanian
- çukë
- Catalan
- cim
- Czech
- vrchol
- Danish
- top
- Esperanto
- pinto
- Estonian
- tipp
- Finnish
- huippu
- Georgian
- მწვერვალი mc̣vervali
- Hebrew
- פִּסְגָּה pisgá
- Icelandic
- toppur
- Latvian
- virsotne
- Norwegian
- topp
- Romanian
- vârf
- Serbo-Croatian
- samit
- Slovak
- vrchol
- Slovenian
- vrh
- Welsh
- copa
- Yiddish
- שפּיץ shpits
Noun summit meeting of leaders
- Spanish
- cumbre
- French
- sommet
- German
- Gipfeltreffen
- Italian
- summit
- Portuguese
- cúpula
- Turkish
- zirve
- Russian
- встре́ча в верха́х vstréča v verxáx
- Chinese
- 峰会 fēnghuì
- Japanese
- サミット samitto
- Dutch
- top
13 more languages
- Polish
- szczyt
- Swedish
- toppmöte
- Greek
- σύνοδος sýnodos
- Korean
- 서밋 seomit
- Indonesian
- konferensi tingkat tinggi
- Vietnamese
- hội nghị thượng đỉnh
- Hungarian
- csúcstalálkozó
- Portuguese (PT)
- cimeira
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 峰會 fēnghuì
- Catalan
- cimera
- Finnish
- huippukokous
- Hebrew
- פִּסְגָּה pisgá
- Norwegian
- toppmøte
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sum′mit noun
Origin: F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, noun
1. The top; the highest point.
Fixed on the summit of the highest mount.— William Shakespeare
2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
3. Zoology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54