Definitions for summit
ˈsʌm ɪtsum·mit

Princeton's WordNet(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top(noun)

   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. peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit(noun)

   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. summit, summit meeting(verb)

   a meeting of heads of governments

4. summit, breast(verb)

   reach the summit (of a mountain)

   "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. summit(Noun)

   a peak; the top of a mountain

   In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.

2. summit(Noun)

   a gathering or assembly of leaders

   They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

3. summit(Verb)

   To reach the summit of a mountain.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Summit(noun)

   the top; the highest point

   Etymology: [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]

2. Summit(noun)

   the highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame

   Etymology: [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]

3. Summit(noun)

   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.]

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'summit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3680

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'summit' in Nouns Frequency: #1488

Anagrams for summit »

1. mutism

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of summit in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of summit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of summit in a Sentence

1. Shogo Maekawa:

   Investors have priced in the possibility that the U.S. and North Korea would find some common ground, they don't expect that everything will be resolved at this summit but as long as investors confirm that two countries have found some common ground and will continue to have dialogue, the market will take this big event in stride.

2. Stanislaw Koziej:

   It's also about defense infrastructure, bases with supplies, fuel, spare parts, weapons and so on, we would like the decisions at the next(NATO) summit to go in that direction.

3. South Korea:

   Biegun said the upcoming summit would provide a crucial chance to foster peace and prosperity of the Korean peninsula.

4. Hikaru Sato:

   The market became a bit nervous on why the summit was cut short, so investors decided to take a wait-and-see stance.

5. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak:

   Russia is not an OPEC member... If there are any consultations outside the OPEC summit by OPEC and non-OPEC member countries we will look at such proposals (of consultations)... But there are no such proposals yet.

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