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1. (n.) summit
the highest point or part, as of a hill; top; apex.
2. summit
the highest point of attainment:
the summit of one's ambition.
3. summit
the highest state or degree; acme; zenith.
4. summit
the highest level of diplomatic or other government officials:
negotiations at the summit.
5. summit
a conference between heads of state or other top-level government officials.
6. (v.t.) summit
to reach the summit of.
7. (v.i.) summit
to reach a summit:
summited after a 14-hour climb.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME somete < OF, =som top (< L summum, n. use of neut. of summus highest; see sum ) +-ete -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
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"
2. (noun) peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit
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"
3. (verb) summit, summit meeting
a meeting of heads of governments
4. (verb) summit, breast
reach the summit (of a mountain)
"They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
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1. (noun) summit
a meeting of leaders from different groups or countries
to hold a summit on economic affairs
2. summit
the top of a mountain
He died just meters from the summit.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) summit
the top; the highest point
2. (noun) summit
the highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame
3. (noun) summit
the most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. summit
The highest altitude above mean sea level that a projectile reaches in its flight from the gun to the target; the algebraic sum of the maximum ordinate and the altitude of the gun.
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Sense: the highest point
They reached the summit of the mountain at midday; At the age of thirty he was at the summit of his powers as a composer.
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 Afrikaans: piek, spits |
 Arabic: قِمَّه |
 Bulgarian: връх |
 Brazilian: cume |
 Czech: vrchol |
 German: der Gipfel |
 Danish: top |
 Greek: κορυφή |
 Spanish: cumbre, cima, cúspide; pu |
 Estonian: tipp |
 Farsi: اوج |
 Finnish: huippu |
 French: sommet |
 Hebrew: פִּיסגָה |
 Hindi: शिखर |
 Croatian: vrh, vrhunac |
 Hungarian: csúcs(pont) |
 Indonesian: puncak |
 Icelandic: hátindur, toppur |
 Italian: sommità, apice |
 Japanese: 頂上 |
 Korean: 정상 |
 Lithuanian: viršūnė |
 Latvian: virsotne |
 Malay: kemuncak |
 Dutch: top |
 Norwegian: topp, høydepunkt |
 Polish: szczyt |
 Persian: اوج |
 Pashto: څوکه سر |
 Portuguese: cume |
 Romanian: vârf, culme |
 Russian: вершина |
 Slovak: vrchol |
 Slovenian: vrh |
 Serbian: vrh planine |
 Swedish: topp, spets, höjdpunkt |
 Thai: ยอดสุดของภูเขา |
 Turkish: zirve, doruk |
 Taiwanese: 頂點 |
 Ukrainian: верх, вершина |
 Urdu: چوٹی |
 Vietnamese: đỉnh, điểm cao nhất |
 Chinese: 顶点 |
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