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summit

Syllables: sum·mitUK/ˈsʌmɪt//ˈsʌmət/

summit noun: the highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature. Also the alternative spelling of summat.

Noun

summit (plural summits)

  1. The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
    • In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.
    • How can I crawl up to reach those heights / And run? / The venom is what keeps me alive / The venom is what keeps me alive / Up to the summit at night / Desperate to find that beating heart of mine that always makes me run2021 September 17, “The Summit”, in Eternal Blue, performed by Spiritbox, Portland, Or.: Rise Records, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    acme, summity, zenith
  2. A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
    Synonyms:
    acme, summity, zenith
  3. The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
    Synonyms:
    acme, summity, zenith
  4. (obsolete) Synonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”) or (rare) stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”).
    Synonyms:
    acme, summity, zenith, anther
  5. (obsolete, rare) One of the two vertices of a crystal with a rhombohedral shape where the angles of each face are equal; also, the highest point of a crystal with a pyramidal or tetrahedral shape.
    Synonyms:
    acme, summity, zenith
  6. (figuratively) The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
    • Learning from others as from himself, he reached the summit of his development with his latest work.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 153
  7. (archaic, figuratively) The highest level of political leadership.
  8. (broadly, figuratively) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting.
    • They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

Verb

summit (third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summiting or summitting, simple past and past participle summited or summitted)

  1. (informal, transitive) To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
    • Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.2012 July–August, Kenza Moller, “Eyes on the North”, in Canadian Geographic, volume 132, number 4, Ottawa: Royal Canadian Geographical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10
  2. (informal, intransitive) To reach the summit of a mountain.
  3. (intransitive) To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).
    • If the Soviet leaders could go on summiting with the US while bombs poured on North Vietnam and yet claim that they had nothing but the best interests of the Vietnamese revolution in mind, there seems precious little reason to cry wolf at Peking-Bonn relations.1969, Economic and Political Weekly, volume 4, numbers 14-26, page 645
    • […] what the North Vietnamese would do while Richard Nixon was summiting in Moscow. […]1972, Newsweek, volume 79, page 51

Proper noun capitalized: Summit

Summit (countable and uncountable, plural Summits)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
  3. A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona.
  4. A minor city in Marion County, Arkansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County, California.
  6. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana, named after the old Summit Mine.
  9. An unincorporated community in Hendricks County, Indiana.
  10. An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
  11. An unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
  12. A town in Pike County, Mississippi.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  2. A city in Union County, New Jersey.
  3. A town in Schoharie County, New York, named for Mount Wharton nearby.
  4. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
  5. A census-designated place in Benton County, Oregon.
  6. A village in the town of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island.
  7. A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.
  8. A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
  9. A census-designated place in Iron County, Utah, situated on a divide.
  10. A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
  11. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  12. A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
  13. A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
  14. A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
  15. A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Summit Township.

Also used as

summit is also the alternative spelling of summat.

summit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

summit in Hindi

highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature
चोटी coṭī, शिखर śikhar
assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance
समावेश samāveś, सम्मेलन sammelan

summit in Tamil

highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature
உச்சி ucci

summit in Marathi

शिखर परिषद, शिखर संमेलन

summit in Urdu

highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature
چوٹی coṭī
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summit in Bengali
শিখর śikhor, সামিট śamiṭ
summit in Telugu
శిఖరాగ్రం śikharāgraṁ, శిఖరాగ్ర సమావేశం śikharāgra samāvēśaṁ
summit in Malayalam
കൊടുമുടി koṭumuṭi, ഉച്ചകോടി uccakōṭi
summit in Kannada
ಶೃಂಗಸಭೆ, ಶೃಂಗಸಭೆಯ, ಶೃಂಗಸಭೆಯು
summit in Punjabi
ਸਿਖਰ ਸੰਮੇਲਨ, ਸਿਖ਼ਰ ਸੰਮੇਲਨ
summit in Gujarati
શિખર સંમેલન
summit in Odia
ଶିଖର ସମ୍ମିଳନୀ
summit in Sanskrit
शिखर śikhara, शिरस् śiras
summit in Nepali
शिखर śikhar
summit in Pashto
پېړزه peṛza, قله qola, ذروه zarwa, لويه جرګه loya jirga
summit in Tagalog
ituktok, taluktok
summit in Arabic
قِمَّة qimma, إِجْتِمَاع قِمَّة ʔijtimāʕ qimma
summit in Malay
puncak, sidang kemuncak
summit in Indonesian
konferensi tingkat tinggi, KTT
summit in Persian
قله qolle, اجلاس سران ejlâs-e sarân, جرگه بزرگ jarge-ye bozorg
summit in Thai
จอม jɔɔm, ยอด yɔ̂ɔt, การประชุมสุดยอด gaan-bprà-chum-sùt-yɔ̂ɔt
summit in Vietnamese
chỏm, chóp, đỉnh, hội nghị cấp cao nhất
summit in Myanmar
အထွတ် a.htwat, ထိပ်သီးညီလာခံ htipsi:nyilahkam

Examples of summit in a sentence

  • The young President [JFK], who is on the eve of summiting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, is ensconced at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, preparing to fly to Vienna with his wife, Mrs.1998, David S. Nuttall, Mickey Mantle's Greatest Hits, page 152:
  • The President had been summiting with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna.2001, Robert V. Heffernan, Cabinetmakers: Story of the Three-year Battle to Establish the U.S. Department of Education, page 439:
  • From May 29 to June 3, 1988[,] Reagan and Gorbachev summited in Moscow.2021, Mark LaVoie, Reagan’s Soviet Rhetoric: Telling the Soviet Redemption Story, page 92:

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Synonyms of summit

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Forms of summit

Noun
pluralsummits
Verb
third-person singular presentsummits
present participlesummiting
present participlesummitting
past participlesummited
pastsummited
past participlesummitted
pastsummitted
Proper noun
pluralSummits

Plural of summit: summits

Origin of summit

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.

A variant of summat.

Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.

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Questions about summit

What does summit mean?
Summit means the highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
What is summit in Hindi?
Summit in Hindi is चोटी (coṭī), शिखर (śikhar), समावेश (samāveś). See Summit meaning in Hindi.
How do you use summit in a sentence?
The young President [JFK], who is on the eve of summiting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, is ensconced at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, preparing to fly to Vienna with his wife, Mrs.
What part of speech is summit?
Summit can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce summit?
Summit is pronounced /ˈsʌmɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of summit?
The plural of summit is summits.

Words near summit in the dictionary

  1. summings
  2. summings up
  3. summings-up
  4. summist
  5. summists
  6. summit
  7. Summit County
  8. summit disease
  9. summit diseases
  10. summit fever
  11. summit tunnel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: summit (page history and authors); Summit (page history and authors); summit (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); summit (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); summit (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); summit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); summit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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