Summit

Quick meaning: Summit is a noun meaning The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
2. The highest level of political leadership.
3. (transitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
4. (intransitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit of a mountain.
5. (intransitive, politics) To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).
6. (England, especially Lancashire, Yorkshire, informal) Alternative spelling of summat (“something”).
7. 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.

Example Sentences

They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

The President had been summiting with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna.

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

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

Word Forms

• summits
• summiting
• summitting
• summited
• summitted

Synonyms for summit

Depending on context, synonyms include apex, apogee, crest, crown, fastigium, height.

Antonyms for summit

Common opposites include base, foundation, nadir, trough.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crest, tip, peak, height, pinnacle, top.

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