summit
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmɪt/
The English word “summit” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
- A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
- The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
- 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”).
- 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.
- The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
- The highest level of political leadership.
- 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.
verb
Etymology
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,…
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