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sum⋅mit

  [suhm-it]
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–noun
1. the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
2. the highest point of attainment or aspiration: the summit of one's ambition.
3. the highest state or degree.
4. the highest level of diplomatic or other governmental officials: a meeting at the summit.
5. summit meeting.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to a summit meeting: summit talks.
–verb (used without object)
7. to take part in a summit meeting.
8. to reach a summit: summited after a 14-hour climb.
–verb (used with object)
9. to reach the summit of.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME somete < OF, equiv. to som top (< L summum, n. use of neut. of summus highest; see sum ) + -ete -et

Related forms:
sum⋅mit⋅al, adjective
sum⋅mit⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. peak, pinnacle. 2, 3. acme, zenith, culmination.

Antonyms:
1. base.

Sum⋅mit

  [suhm-it]
–noun
1. a city in NE New Jersey. 21,071.
2. a city in NE Illinois. 10,110.

summit meeting

 
–noun
1. a meeting or conference of heads of state, esp. to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions.
2. any meeting or conference of top-level officials, executives, etc.
Also called summit, summit conference.

Origin:
1950–55
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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sum·mit   (sŭm'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. The highest point or part; the top.

  2. The highest level or degree that can be attained.

    1. The highest level, as of government officials.

    2. A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.

v.   sum·mit·ed, sum·mit·ing, sum·mits

v.   tr.
To climb to the summit of (a mountain).
v.   intr.
To climb to the summit.

[Middle English somet, from Old French sommette, diminutive of som, top, from Latin summum, from neuter of summus, highest; see uper in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns all mean the highest point. Summit denotes the highest level attainable: "This [appointment] had been the summit of Mr. Bertram's ambition" (Sir Walter Scott).
Peak usually refers to the uppermost point: "It was the peak of summer in the Berkshires" (Saul Bellow).
Pinnacle denotes a towering height, as of achievement: The articulation of the theory of relativity catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of his profession.
Acme refers to an ultimate point, as of perfection: The artist's talents were at their acme when this work was created.
Apex is the culminating point: The military regime represented the apex of oppression and intimidation.
Zenith is the point of highest achievement, most complete development, or greatest power: "Chivalry was then in its zenith" (Henry Hallam).
Climax refers to the point of greatest strength, effect, or intensity that marks the endpoint of an ascending process: The government's collapse was the climax of a series of constitutional crises.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Summit

village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Summit is a suburb of Chicago, located about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of downtown. It lies on the Des Plaines River, straddling the watershed between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Named for the ridge dividing the watershed, it was the site of a portage (route for carrying boats overland) used by the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673. The location, designated a national historic site, marks the west end of the portage that connected the waters of the Great Lakes (and the St. Lawrence River) with those of the Mississippi River (and the Gulf of Mexico). An artery of travel used by Native Americans in their migrations and by fur traders, it was an early factor (preceding the Illinois and Michigan Canal) in Chicago's commercial growth. Although primarily a residential suburb, Summit has one of the world's largest corn (maize) products manufacturing plants. The village lies just west of Chicago Midway International Airport. Inc. 1890. Pop. (1990) 9,971; (2000) 10,637.

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