summit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹĭt
ipa: /ˈsʌmɪt/
enpr: sŭmʹət
ipa: /ˈsʌmət/
homophone: summat stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsəm(ː)ɪʈ/
homophone: submit (B dropped)
rhymes: -ʌmɪt
Forms: form: summits
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.
Senses: examples: text: In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.
text: How can I crawl up to reach those heights / And run? / The venom is what keeps me alive / The venom is what keeps me alive / Up to the summit at night / Desperate to find that beating heart of mine that always makes me run
ref: 2021 September 17, “The Summit”, in Eternal Blue, performed by Spiritbox, Portland, Or.: Rise Records, →OCLC:
synonyms: acme
summity
zenith
glosses: The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: acme
summity
zenith
glosses: The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
topics: nautical
rail-transport
railways
road
transport
synonyms: acme
summity
zenith
glosses: The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: acme
word: summity
word: zenith
word: anther
extra: (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”) or (rare) stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”)
glosses: The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
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”).
topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: acme
summity
zenith
glosses: The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
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.
glosses: The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The highest level of political leadership.
examples: text: They met for an international summit on environmental issues.
topics: government
politics
glosses: 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.
Synonyms: word: apex
word: apogee
word: crest
word: crown
word: culmen
word: fastigium
word: height
word: peak
word: pinnacle
word: ridge
word: roof
word: summit
word: top
word: vertex
word: zenith
Hypernyms: word: point
Hyponyms: word: aphelion
word: apoapsis
word: apolune
word: high-water mark
word: hilltop
word: mountaintop
Derived terms: word: blind summit
word: false summit
word: Lee's Summit
word: subsummit
word: summital
word: Summit County
word: summit disease
word: summited
word: summiteer
word: summit fever
word: summit-hop
word: summit-hopper
word: summitless
word: summitry
word: summit tunnel
word: Summitville
Related terms: word: summity
word: tall