What does summit mean?
Definitions for summit
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.
ChatGPT
summit
A summit can refer to the highest point of a hill or mountain, often referred to as a peak. In a broader context, it can also describe a formal meeting or conference between leaders or heads of governments, usually intended for discussing and solving crucial issues or matters of high importance.
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.]
Wikidata
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.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SUMMIT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Summit is ranked #36838 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Summit surname appeared 606 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Summit.
88.9% or 539 total occurrences were White.
5.6% or 34 total occurrences were Black.
2.9% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'summit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3680
Nouns Frequency
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
While no one should expect the summit to have ironed out all the differences and erased the deep-seated mistrust between the two long-time foes, it has ignited hopes that they will be finally able to put an end to their hostility and that the long-standing peninsula issues can finally be resolved. These hopes should not be extinguished.
Our leaders made commitments at the Singapore Summit on the complete denuclearization of North Korea and outlined what a transformed US-DPRK relationship could look like, since the summit, the consultations have continued. On this trip I'm seeking to fill in some details on those commitments and continue the momentum towards implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world. I expect that the DPRK is ready to do the same.
South Korean President Moon Jae-In:
There have been many analyses on the outcome of the summit but I think what's most important was that the people of the world, including those in the United States, Japan and Koreans, have all been able to escape the threat of war, nuclear weapons and missiles.
I would not have the summit, the President has never really come to grips with the entire list of active hostility against the United States by the Russian Federation directed by President Vladimir Putins.
Domestic politics has made it hard to get to the summit, but it's divisions over actual issues that will make the summit deliverables difficult.
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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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