summit

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The pike of Ama Dablam is known for it's beauty.

noun

The summit is the peak or highest point.

An example of a summit is the top of the mountain.
An example of the summit is the highest point in a person's career.

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summit

the highest point, part, or elevation; top or apex
the highest degree or state; acme
1. the highest level of officials; specif., in connection with diplomatic negotiations, the level restricted to heads of government: a meeting at the summit
2. a conference at the summit

Origin of summit

Middle English sommete from OFr, diminutive of som, summit from Classical Latin summum, highest part from summus, highest: see sum

of the heads of government: a summit parley

to climb to the summit of (a mountain)

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summit

noun

The highest point or part; the top.
The highest level or degree that can be attained.
a. The highest level, as of government officials.
b. A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.

verb

sum·mit·ed, sum·mit·ing, sum·mits

verb

transitive

To climb to the summit of (a mountain).

verb

intransitive

To climb to the summit.

Origin of summit

Middle English somet from Old French sommette diminutive of som top from Latin summum from neuter of summus highest ; see uper in Indo-European roots.

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summit

summit peak ¹pinnacle acme apex zenith climax

These nouns all mean the highest point. Summit denotes the highest level attainable: “This [appointment] had been the summit of Mr. Bertram's ambition” (Sir Walter Scott). Peak usually refers to the uppermost point: “It was the peak of summer in the Berkshires” (Saul Bellow). Pinnacle denotes a towering height, as of achievement: The articulation of the theory of relativity catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of his profession. Acme refers to an ultimate point, as of perfection: The artist's talents were at their acme when this work was created. Apex is the culminating point: The military regime represented the apex of oppression and intimidation. Zenith is the point of highest achievement, most complete development, or greatest power: “Chivalry was then in its zenith” (Henry Hallam). Climax refers to the point of greatest strength, effect, or intensity that marks the endpoint of an ascending process: The government's collapse was the climax of a series of constitutional crises.

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Noun

(plural summits)

(countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summiting, simple past and past participle summited)

(hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.

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Origin

From Late Middle English somete, from early Middle French somete, from Old French sommette, somet (compare modern French sommet), a diminutive of som (“highest part, top of a hill"), from Latin summum.

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