the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty; the artists 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 , meridian , tiptop , top ]
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); the view from the peak was magnificent; they clambered to the tip of Monadnock; the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
a meeting of heads of governments
[ Syn: summit meeting ]
summit (n.)
reach the summit (of a mountain); They breasted the mountain; Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit
[ Syn: breast ]