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summit noun & verb. LME.
[Old French som(m)ete, also somet, sumet (mod. sommet), from som, sum from Latin summum neut. sing. of summus (see SUM noun). Spelling assim. to SUMMITY.]
A. noun.
The top or head of something; the vertex, the apex. Now esp. the highest point or ridge of a mountain; a peak. LME.
A. T. Ellis The road levelled..before beginning its ascent to the hill's summit.
fig.
a. The highest point of power, success, etc.; the acme, the peak. E18.
b. The highest level, spec. with ref. to politics and international relations; ellipt. a summit conference, meeting, etc. (see below). M20.
Japan Times The first summit between China and the Soviet Union in 30 years.
Comb.: summit conference, summit meeting: between heads of government to discuss international matters; summit level (a) the highest level reached by a canal, railway, etc.; (b) a level place in a railway or stretch of water in a canal, with descending planes on either side; summit meeting: see summit conference above.
b. verb intrans. Take part in summit meetings. L20.
summi'teer noun a participant in a summit meeting M20.
summi'teering noun participation in a summit meeting M20.
summitless adjective having no summit M19.
summitry noun the practice of holding summit meetings M20.