summit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
    superlative; pinnacle; acme; top; height; peak; elevation; tiptop; meridian.
    • 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
  2. noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    crown; top; tip; peak; crest.
    • the view from the peak was magnificent
    • they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
    • the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
  3. noun a meeting of heads of governments
    summit meeting.
  4. verb reach the summit (of a mountain)
    breast.
    • They breasted the mountain
    • Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit

WordNet

Sum"mit noun
Etymology
F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.
Definitions
  1. The top; the highest point.
    Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. Shak.
  2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
  3. (Zoöl.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.

Webster 1913