summit

IPA: sˈʌmʌt

noun

  • The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
  • The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
  • (mathematics) A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
  • (nautical, rail transport, road transport) The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
  • (obsolete)
  • (botany) Synonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”); also (rare), synonym of stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”)
  • (crystallography, 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.
  • (figurative)
  • The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
  • (politics)
  • (archaic) The highest level of political leadership.
  • (by extension) 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.
  • A surname.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
  • A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona.
  • A minor city in Marion County, Arkansas.
  • An unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County, California.
  • A village in Cook County, Illinois.
  • An unincorporated community in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
  • An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana, named after the old Summit Mine.
  • An unincorporated community in Hendricks County, Indiana.
  • An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
  • An unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
  • A town in Pike County, Mississippi.
  • An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  • A city in Union County, New Jersey.
  • A town in Schoharie County, New York, named for Mount Wharton nearby.
  • A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
  • A census-designated place in Benton County, Oregon.
  • A village in the town of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island.
  • A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.
  • A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
  • A census-designated place in Iron County, Utah, situated on a divide.
  • A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
  • An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  • A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
  • A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
  • A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
  • A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Summit Township.

verb

  • (transitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit (noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
  • (intransitive)
  • (climbing, informal) To reach the summit of a mountain.
  • (politics) To attend a summit (noun sense 2.2.2).
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Examples of "summit" in Sentences

  • The fort is on the summit of a hillock.
  • The registration for the summit is free.
  • The summit of the mountain is on the border.
  • The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is to the south.
  • Now the hill is clothed with young trees, all but the summit.
  • Combined, these give the summit of the hill an eerie, other worldly feel.
  • At the summit of the hill, there are television and telecommunication masts.
  • Retrace your route to the 99 Steps and climb to the summit of Government Hill.
  • The citadel stands on an irregularly shaped platform on the summit of the hill.
  • The Indians eagerly pursued McColloch, and drove him to the summit of the hill.

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