summit
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
summit (plural summits)
- (countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.
- In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.
- (countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
- They met for an international summit on environmental issues.
- French: sommet
- German: Gipfel
- Italian: colmo, culmine, cima, picco, pinnacolo, somma
- Portuguese: cume, sumo
- Russian: верши́на
- Spanish: cima, pico, cumbre
- French: sommet
- German: Gipfeltreffen, Gipfel
- Italian: incontro al vertice, vertice
- Portuguese: cúpula (Brazil), cimeira (Portugal)
- Russian: са́ммит
- Spanish: cumbre
summit (summits, present participle summiting; past and past participle summited)
- (transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
- 2012, Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic, vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:
- Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.
- 2012, Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic, vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:
- IPA: /ˈsʊmit/
- (Northern England, East Midlands) Something
- I need to get summit to eat.
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