summit

CEFRC1

/ˈsʌmɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The highest point of a mountain or achievement.

  2. 02

    noun

    A meeting between leaders.

Examples

  • Make one more effort and you will reach the summit.

  • The summit of the mountain is covered with snow.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsʊ-/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

  2. The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.

  3. A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.

More examples

In context

  • We reached the summit at noon.

  • I need to get summit to eat.

  • In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.

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Origin

noun

PIE word *upó 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...