summit (n.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: peak , crown , crest , top , tip ]

  3. a meeting of heads of governments

    [ Syn: summit meeting ]

    summit (v.)

  1. reach the summit (of a mountain); They breasted the mountain; Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit

    [ Syn: breast ]

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