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.
- Since climate change has been proven to be fraudulent, this summit is the perfect place to send Obama.
- Prior to Clinton's economic confab, the term summit had generally been given only to big international meetings or tête-à-têtes between world leaders.
- Foreign Minister Yang told journalists Monday that Beijing will this year focus on what he calls "summit diplomacy" this year in a "comprehensive" and "coordinated way".
- It seems that there will be a piece meal set of commitments, but commitments like a marriage, can always be broken … The denial of campaigners such as Friends of the Earth at the summit is another issue that will long be debated after the conference ends.
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