summit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a meeting of heads of governments

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

2. 2
   noun

   the top or extreme point of something, usually a mountain or hill

   I felt like I was going to die when I finally reached the summit.

3. 3
   verb

   reach the summit (of a mountain)

   The experienced climbers summited in now time at all.

4. 4
   noun

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

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

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   verb

   To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).

   Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.

7. 7
   verb

   To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).

   If the Soviet leaders could go on summiting with the US while bombs poured on North Vietnam and yet claim that they had nothing but the best interests of the Vietnamese revolution in mind, there seems precious little reason to cry wolf at Peking-Bonn relations.

8. 8
   pron

   Alternative spelling of summat (“something”).

   I need to get summit to eat.

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…