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ˈsʌm ɪtsum·mit
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Princeton's WordNet
acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, topnoun
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"
peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summitnoun
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"
summit, summit meetingverb
a meeting of heads of governments
summit, breastverb
reach the summit (of a mountain)
"They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
Wiktionary
summitnoun
a peak; the top of a mountain
In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
summitnoun
a gathering or assembly of leaders
They met for an international summit on environmental issues.
summitverb
To reach the summit of a mountain.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Summitnoun
The top; the utmost height.
Etymology: summitas, Lat.
Have I fall’n or no?
———— From the dread summit of this chalky bourn!
Look up a-height, the shrill-gorg’d lark so far
Cannot be seen or heard. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Ætna’s heat, that makes the summit glow,
Enriches all the vales below. Jonathan Swift.
Webster Dictionary
Summitnoun
the top; the highest point
Summitnoun
the highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame
Summitnoun
the most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated
Etymology: [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]
Freebase
Summit
Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 21,457, reflecting an increase of 326 from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,374 from the 19,757 counted in the 1990 Census. Summit had the 16th-highest per capita income in the state as of the 2000 Census. What is now the city of Summit was incorporated as Summit Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1869, from portions of New Providence Township and Springfield Township. Summit was reincorporated as a city on March 8, 1899. The town's name may refer to its position atop the Second Watchung Mountain; it may also refer to Summit Lodge, the house to which jurist James Kent moved in 1837 and which stands today at 50 Kent Place Boulevard; or to a local sawmill owner who granted passage to the Morris and Essex Railroad for a route to "the summit of the Short Hills".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Summit
sum′it, n. the highest point or degree: the top.—adj. Summ′itless, having no summit or top.—n. Summ′it-lev′el, the highest level. [O. Fr. som, the top of a hill—L. summum, highest.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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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Rank popularity for the word 'summit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3680
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Rank popularity for the word 'summit' in Nouns Frequency: #1488
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of summit in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of summit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of summit in a Sentence
A danger is @realDonaldTrump will claim Donald Trump tried diplomacy and it failed Kim Jong betrayed Kim Jong and now military force is called for, but a rushed summit and demands that NK denuclearize in short order or else is not a serious test of diplomacy. Need to explore interim/partial deal.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras:
With the border closed to refugees and flows to the islands continuing, it is clear that relocation to other countries is urgent and must start immediately in high numbers. We will pursue this at the summit.
Happy anniversary, my love. I can't wait to see you again, i promise I will come back home, that I won't prioritize the summit over my safety.
Exactly what these measures are, are a matter I plan to discuss with my North Korean counterpart during our next set of meetings, from our side, we are prepared to discuss many actions that could help build trust between our two countries and advance further progress in parallel on the Singapore summit objectives of transforming relations, establishing a permanent peace regime on the peninsula and complete denuclearization.
The whole issue will definitely be among the issues that the chancellor discusses in Istanbul on the margins of the humanitarian summit with the president of Turkey, a bilateral meeting is planned on Monday.
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- إِجْتِمَاع قِمَّة, قِمَّةArabic
- zirvəAzerbaijani
- вяршы́ня, пік, вярху́шка, са́мітBelarusian
- cimera, cimCatalan, Valencian
- summit, vrchol, vrcholekCzech
- bjergtop, topmøde, topDanish
- Gipfel, GipfeltreffenGerman
- σύνοδοςGreek
- pinto, pintkunvenoEsperanto
- cumbre, cima, picoSpanish
- mäetipp, tippkohtumine, tippEstonian
- اجلاس سران, جرگه بزرگ, قلهPersian
- huippu, vuorenhuippu, [[päästä]] [[huipulle]], huippukokousFinnish
- sommetFrench
- uachtarIrish
- mullachScottish Gaelic
- cumioGalician
- ard-veinnManx
- פסגהHebrew
- csúcs, csúcstalálkozóHungarian
- գագաթ, գագաթնաժողովArmenian
- somma, culmine, incontro al vertice, cima, colmo, picco, pinnacoloItalian
- פסגהHebrew
- 首脳会談, 頂上, サミット, 山頂, 最高点Japanese
- მწვერვალიGeorgian
- саммитKazakh
- 首腦會談, 수뇌회담Korean
- summaLatin
- kōtihitihi, tihi, keokeonga, taumata, hui taumata, toiMāori
- са́мит, врвMacedonian
- puncakMalay
- piek, spits, top, bergtopDutch
- toppmøteNorwegian
- wierzchołek, szczytPolish
- لويه جرګهPashto, Pushto
- cimeira, cume, cúpulaPortuguese
- culmeRomanian
- са́ммит, встре́ча, верши́на, пик, верху́шка, встреча на высшем уровнеRussian
- vrcholok, vrcholSlovak
- çukëAlbanian
- ministermöte, ledningsmöte, nå toppen, topp, toppmöte, bergstopp, möteSwedish
- உச்சிTamil
- శిఖరాగ్ర సమావేశం, శిఖరాగ్రంTelugu
- zirveTurkish
- зу́стріч, са́міт, верши́на, пік, верхі́вкаUkrainian
- chỏm, chóp, đỉnhVietnamese
- sömit, belasömitVolapük
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