summit
pronunciation
How to pronounce summit in British English:
UK [ˈsʌmɪt]
How to pronounce summit in American English:
US [ˈsʌmɪt]
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- Noun:
- the highest level or degree attainable
- the top point of a mountain or hill
- a meeting of heads of governments
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- Verb:
- reach the summit of a mountain
Word Origin
- summit
- summit: see sum
- summit (n.)
- c. 1400, "highest point, peak," from Middle French somete, from Old French somete "summit, top," diminutive of som, sum "highest part, top of a hill," from Latin summum, neuter of noun use of summus "highest," related to super "over" (see sum (n.)). The meaning "meeting of heads of state" (1950) is from Winston Churchill's metaphor of "a parley at the summit."
Example
- 1. The summit gave reasons for guarded optimism .
- 2. The comments come ahead of a summit of apec leaders in hawaii .
- 3. An emergency eu summit was called this weekend to combat protectionism .
- 4. Once there , they will take the first ever blood samples on everest 's summit .
- 5. But are these the summit of our values , of our aspirations of society ?