Dictionary Definition
summit
Noun
1 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" [syn: acme,
height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, superlative, top]
2 the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view
from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of
Monadnock" [syn: peak,
crown, crest, top, tip]
3 a meeting of heads of governments [syn:
summit
meeting] v : reach the summit of a mountain; "Many mountaineers
go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Translations
peak, top of mountain
gathering of leaders
- Danish: topmøde
- Dari: Loyal jirga
- Finnish: huippukokous
- French: sommet
- German: Gipfeltreffen
- Hungarian: csúcstalálkozó
- Portuguese: conferência
- Spanish: cumbre
- Telugu: శిఖరాగ్ర సమావేశం (Sikharaagra samaavaeSam)
Derived terms
Verb
- In the context of "hiking|climbing": To reach the summit of a mountain.
Translations
Italian
Noun
summit m inv- summit (gathering of leaders)
Synonyms
Tatar
Noun
summit- summit.
- İnvestitsiä Summitı = Investment summit.
References
Extensive Definition
Summit may refer to:
- Summit (topography), the highest point of a hill or mountain
Locations
United States:- Summit, Arizona
- Summit, Arkansas
- Summit, California
- Summit, Illinois
- Summit,
New Jersey
- Summit (NJT station), the train station serving this community
- Summit, New York
- The Summit (Houston), now known as the Compaq Center
- An alternate name for the neighborhood of Hope, Providence, Rhode Island
elsewhere:
- Summit, Greenland, the highest point of Greenland
Schools, companies and organizations
- Summit Middle School
- Summit Brewing Company
- Summit College, a Bible college in Ontario, Canada
- Summit Ministries, an evangelical Christian organization
- Summit Preparatory Charter High School, a school in California
Other uses
- Summit (conference), a group of Christian conferences for Canadian students
- Summit (meeting), a generic name for a meeting of leaders
- Summit (game)
- Summit (Stargate SG-1), a TV episode
- GTS Summit, a cruise ship
- Route summit, the highest point of a transportation route
summit in German: Gipfel
summit in French: Summit
summit in Polish: Summit
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acme,
acme of perfection, all,
apex, apogee, audience, bargaining, bargaining
session, brow, cap, capstone, ceiling, climax, cloud nine, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consultation, consummation, convention, council, council fire, council
of war, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, discussion, edge, end, exchange of views, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, eyeball-to-eyeball
encounter, heaven,
heavens, height, high noon, high-level
talk, highest degree, highest pitch, highest point, hilltop, huddle, interchange of views,
interview, knoll, last word, limit, lofty peak, maximum, meeting, meridian, mountaintop, ne plus ultra,
negotiations, news
conference, no place higher, noon, nth degree, palaver, parley, peak, perfection, pic, pico, pike, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, pourparler, powwow, precipice, press conference,
ridge, roof, seance, session, seventh heaven,
sitting, sky, spire, spur, summit conference, summitry, the whole, tip, tip-top, top, tor, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, utmost extent, uttermost, vertex, very top, zenith