summit
UK /ˈsʌmɪt/ · US /ˈsʌmət/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms summits summiting summitting summited summitted
- noun The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature. “In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.”
- noun (mathematics) A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
- noun (nautical, rail transport, road transport) The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
- noun (botany) 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”).
- noun (crystallography, rare) 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.
- noun The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
- noun (archaic) The highest level of political leadership.
- noun (by extension) 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. “They met for an international summit on environmental issues.”
- verb (transitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
- verb (intransitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit of a mountain.
- verb (intransitive, politics) To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
- proper noun A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona.
- proper noun A minor city in Marion County, Arkansas.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County, California.
- proper noun A village in Cook County, Illinois.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana, named after the old Summit Mine.
Synonyms
acme summity zenith anther apex apogee crest crown culmen fastigium height peak pinnacle ridge roof top vertex surmount elevation superlative meridian tiptop tip summit meeting breast
Antonyms
Etymology
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, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete).
The verb is derived from the noun.
A variant of summat.
Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The top; the highest point.
- noun The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
Etymology [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “summit”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details