- 1the highest point of something, especially the top of a mountain We reached the summit at noon. This path leads to the summit. (figurative) the summit of his career Wordfindermountainaltitude, foothill, mountain, peak, precipice, ridge, slope, summit, valley, volcano Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehigh, very, rocky, … verb + summitarrive at, climb, climb to, … summit + nounattempt, bid prepositionat the summit, below the summit, on the summit, … See full entry See related entries: Mountains and valleys
- 2an official meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments at which they discuss important matters a summit in Moscow a summit conferenceinternational Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveannual, regular, crisis, … verb + summitcall, convene, have, … summit + nounconference, meeting, talks, … prepositionat a/the summit, summit between, summit on, … See full entry See related entries: International relations Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘top part’): from Old French somete, from som ‘top’, from Latin summum, neuter of summus ‘highest’.Extra examples The 2004 summit will be hosted by Japan. The Pic Long is the highest summit in the region. The President called a summit at Camp David. The blizzard forced them to delay their summit bid. The climbers planted a flag on the summit. These measures were decided at a summit in July. They reached base camp, 12 000 metres below the summit. We finally arrived at the summit. We were standing at the summit of the highest mountain in India. a 2 030-foot summit a two-day international summit on drugs annual summits between the major OECD economies The President of Costa Rica will chair the summit meeting. The conference will form part of the European summit in Rome next month.
summit
nounBrE BrE//ˈsʌmɪt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈsʌmɪt//
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