summit

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.
4. The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
5. Synonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”) or (rare) stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”).
6. One of the two vertices of a crystal with a rhombohedral shape where the angles of each face are equal; also, the highest point of a crystal with a pyramidal or tetrahedral shape.
7. The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
8. The highest level of political leadership.
9. 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.

1. To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
2. To reach the summit of a mountain.
3. To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).

1. Alternative spelling of summat (“something”).

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
4. A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona.
5. A minor city in Marion County, Arkansas.
6. An unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County, California.
7. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
8. An unincorporated community in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
9. An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana, named after the old Summit Mine.
10. An unincorporated community in Hendricks County, Indiana.
11. An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
12. An unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.

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 from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun.

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