summit

B1 Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /ˈsʌmət/ UK /ˈsʌmɪt/ See IPA manual

Homophones

summat /ˈsʌm.ət/

Freq #7816

Meanings

1

noun
The highest point of a mountain or hill.

I felt exhausted when I finally reached the summit.
2

noun
An important meeting between the leaders of different countries.

They could not agree on a climate policy at the last summit.
3

verb
To reach the top of a mountain.

The climbers summited just before sunrise.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the highest point of a... crest peak acme zenith

2 noun · an important meeting... summit meeting

More apex apogee crown culmen fastigium height pinnacle ridge roof surmount

Opposites

base foundation nadir trough

Word family

Forms summits

Derived forms subsummitsummit-hopsummit-hoppersummitalsummitedsummiteersummitlesssummitrysummitville

Related forms summity tall

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summit meeting
a meeting between national leaders to discuss important issues

Noun + noun

Etymology

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…

somet Middle English sumet xno sommet Middle French summum Latin *upér Proto-Indo-European

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# summit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌmət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌmɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 7816

## Meanings
1. The highest point of a mountain or hill.
2. An important meeting between the leaders of different countries.
3. To reach the top of a mountain.

## Examples
- I felt exhausted when I finally reached the summit.
- They could not agree on a climate policy at the last summit.
- The climbers summited just before sunrise.

## Synonyms
- apex
- apogee
- crest
- crown
- culmen
- fastigium
- height
- peak
- pinnacle
- ridge
- roof
- surmount

## Antonyms
- base
- foundation
- nadir
- trough

## Derived Forms
- subsummit
- summit-hop
- summit-hopper
- summital
- summited
- summiteer
- summitless
- summitry
- summitville

## Related Forms
- summity
- tall

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: somet
- Root: sumet
- Root: sommet
- Root: summum
- Root: *upér

## Etymology
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…

## AI Etymology
Summit 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).

## Topics
- Nature & Landscape

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