Definitions for: Summit


[n] a meeting of heads of governments
[n] the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
[n] the highest level or degree attainable; "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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sum"mit, n. [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from
L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]
1. The top; the highest point.

Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. --Shak.

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

3. (Zo["o]l.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or
the part in which the hinge is situated.

Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or
the like, in surmounting an ascent.

Synonyms: acme, crest, crown, elevation, height, peak, peak, pinnacle, summit meeting, superlative, tip, top, top

See Also: brow, degree, hilltop, level, meeting, mountain peak, pinnacle, place, point, spot, stage, topographic point

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