What is the meaning of summit?

noun

  • The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
    • usage: "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"
  • The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill. )
    • usage: "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
  • A meeting of heads of governments.

verb

  • Reach the summit (of a mountain. )
    • usage: "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
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