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summit

sum·mit

UK/ˈsʌmɪt/ US/ˈsʌmɪt/ fairly common informal
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

the highest level or degree attainable

  • “his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty”
  • “the artist”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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2.

the top point of a mountain or hill

  • “the view from the peak was magnificent”
  • “they clambered to the summit of Monadnock”
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3.

a meeting of heads of governments

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verb

1.

reach the summit of a mountain

  • “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”

Origin

PIE word *upó The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern French sommet), from Old French somet, sommette, from som, sum (“highest point, summit”) + -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns), -ete, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun.

Phrases

  • blind summit
  • false summit
  • Lee's Summit
  • Summit County
  • summit disease
  • summit fever
  • summit tunnel

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