summit

Definitions


[ˈsʌmɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the highest point of a hill or mountain
(e.g: she climbed back up the path towards the summit)

- a meeting between heads of government
(e.g: two binding treaties were agreed at the summit)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘top part’): from Old French somete, from som ‘top’, from Latin summum, neuter of summus ‘highest’


[ˈsʌmɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- reach the summit of (a mountain or hill)
(e.g: in 2013, 658 climbers summited Everest)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘top part’): from Old French somete, from som ‘top’, from Latin summum, neuter of summus ‘highest’




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