summitsum‧mit /ˈsʌmɪt/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
the European summit The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring. a five-nation summit meeting► see thesaurus at meeting2the top of a mountainsummit of Many people have now reached the summit of Mount Everest.3the summit of something formal the greatest amount or highest level of something SYN peak: His election as president represented the summit of his career.
WORD ORIGINsummit
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French somete, from sum ‘top’, from Latin summum, from summus; ➔ SUM1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.
- a national education summit
- a trip to the summit of Pike's Peak
- A U.S.-Russia summit is expected to take place in late March.
- a U.S.-Russian summit
- In the distance we could see the snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
- It took the climbers four hours to reach the summit.
- NATO leaders are preparing for a summit conference to decide the future of the alliance.
- The President will meet other Pacific Rim leaders at next week's economic summit.
- We took a small train to the summit of Pike's Peak.
- At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive talking shop.
- Climber assistant editor Tom Prentice and leader Keith Milne reached the summit of the 6,904m mountain after 13 days.
- Four Dopplemayr chairlifts take you up from the hotel at 2,000m to the summit at 3,000m.
- Go north along the lower edge of the fence, around the hillside and up the main path north-east to the summit.
- The Helsinki summit, arranged at very short notice, dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict.
- The sun was going down and it was in a warm twilight that they reached the summit of their climb.
- The White House announced that some commitments from the private sector already have been made as part of summit preparations.
- The world's first internet summit has been cancelled because of lack of interest.
THESAURUS
an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: · a business meeting.· Mr Bell is in a meeting.· The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.
an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: · Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year?· a conference of women business leaders
a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: · the Democratic Party Convention· a convention for Star Trek fans
a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: · There was a massive peace rally in London.
a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: · A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.· next week’s economic summit
American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: · Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.
a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: · The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.
a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: · We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday.· She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.
an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: · I think I might ask her out on a date.
a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: · She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.
literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: · a good place for a moonlight tryst
an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: · a business meeting.· Mr Bell is in a meeting.· The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.
an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: · Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year?· a conference of women business leaders
a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: · the Democratic Party Convention· a convention for Star Trek fans
a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: · There was a massive peace rally in London.
a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: · A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.· next week’s economic summit
American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: · Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.
a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: · The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.
a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: · We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday.· She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.
an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: · I think I might ask her out on a date.
a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: · She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.
literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: · a good place for a moonlight tryst
a very high hill: · the highest mountain in Austria
an area of land that is higher than the land around it, which is like a mountain but smaller and usually has a rounded top: · We went for a walk in the hills.· The house is surrounded by woods, farmland and gentle hills.
(also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’: · Mount Everest
the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea: · the white cliffs of Dover
especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff: · They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
a high steep rock or mountain: · An eagle sailed over the high crags.
a long narrow area of high ground, especially at the top of a mountain: · I could see a group of climbers high up on a ridge.
a small round hill: · a grassy knoll
a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out: · the eruption of a volcano
the very highest point of a mountain: · the summit of Mt Everest
especially literary the top of a mountain: · the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas· a distant peak
a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line: · the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains: · the Sierra foothills
Longman Language Activatora meeting in order to discuss something an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: · Sorry I can't come - I have to go to a meeting.· Peter's in London for a business meeting.· I was in meetings all morning and didn't get a chance to look at your proposal.have/hold a meeting: · I'm having a meeting with my client tomorrow to go over the case.· The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday to discuss the funding crisis.attend a meeting formal: · According to people who attended the meeting, Ms. Robins refused to answer any questions about the deal.call/arrange/organize a meeting: · The principal has called a meeting for 4.00.
an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: · Didn't you give a talk at the conference last year?conference on: · She's an organizer of the International Conference on AIDS that the university has every year.conference of: · Lewis recently spoke at a conference of women business leaders.attend a conference formal: · Baxter was in Boston attending a conference on the environment.hold a conference: · The Institute of Accountants is holding its conference in Edinburgh this year.
a large meeting of members of a political organization or professional group for a particular purpose: · The Senator's speech at the Democratic Convention was well received.· Several hundred people are expected at the hotel next month for a huge sales convention.convention of: · Lofgren told a convention of church activists that she wanted the money to be spent on local childrens' facilities.· an annual convention of the world bankhold a convention: · The Reform Party will hold a national convention in August.
a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss international politics: · A U.S.-Russia summit is expected to take place in late March.summit meeting/conference: · A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.· NATO leaders are preparing for a summit conference to decide the future of the alliance.economic/anti-drug/AIDS etc summit: · The President will meet other Pacific Rim leaders at next week's economic summit.
a crowd of people who have come together for a particular purpose, for example to listen to someone speak, to pray, or to discuss something: · It was quite a small gathering but the speeches were excellent.· They announced their engagement at a family gathering in Vermont.
the top part of something the top or highest part of something: · When you paint, you should start at the top and work your way down.top of: · The top of the mountain is covered with snow.· The tops of the trees swayed in the breeze.· There's a wonderful view from the top of the tower.tree-top/roof-top/hill-top etc: · I looked out over the roof-tops towards the mountains beyond.
the top of a mountain: · It took the climbers four hours to reach the summit.summit of: · In the distance we could see the snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.· We took a small train to the summit of Pike's Peak.
especially written the top of a hill or wave: · There's a trail up there that follows the length of the crest.crest of: · When I reached the crest of the hill, I turned to look back.· In the distance we could see a small boat riding the crests of the waves.
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nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring. a five-nation summit meetingCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring. a five-nation summit meeting (=for the leaders of governments)· The heads of most Arab states met in Amman for a summit conference.
(=between leaders of governments)· The prime minister is in Paris for a European summit meeting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive talking shop.· Overfishing by foreign vessels and toxic waste dumping were also major causes for concern at their annual summit.
· The Shah was the man who came to dinner ... There was an Arab summit coming up.
· The anti-capitalists gathering to protest at this week s world economic summit in Genoa are both right and wrong.· Nearly every economic summit since the first one in 1975 has come up with a catch phrase.· Like other economic summits, it came in for a lot of stick.· But it is starting to look silly to exclude from economic summits representatives from countries that produce half the world's output.· Over the decades, the economic summits have had a dismal record of understanding what was happening in the real world.· Britain had previously set great store by the Lisbon economic summit two years ago, but progress has subsequently been slow.· How the arts fit in with the city economy is one of the issues Brown hopes to explore in his economic summit.
· Mr Straw planned to float the proposals this week in a speech in Lisbon on the eve of the EU summit.
· No law of equal time exists to ensure that he appears at as many international summits as she does.· On Monday, Hillary Clinton will address an international microcredit summit.· Mrs Thatcher was still highly visible at international summits, but often now as an obstructive, quarrelsome figure.
NOUN· In November 1987 the heads of most Arab states met in Amman for a summit conference.· No, it did not occur to the prisoner that by violating Soviet frontiers he was endangering the upcoming summit conference.· Plus fresh fodder for their next summit conference on Rainbow's appearance, attitudes and ultimate destiny.· In 1955, the year of the Geneva summit conference, there were conciliatory gestures towards nuclear disarmament on both sides.
· For all those reasons, it is essential that there is a successful conclusion to the Maastricht summit next month.· We keep hearing comments tonight - we also heard them in the debate before the Maastricht summit - about sovereignty.· The Maastricht summit gives us great opportunities for economic, social and democratic reform.· That is why the Maastricht summit was always going to be important well beyond its paper agenda.
· Two more summit meetings were planned before the end of the year.· Romer, a patient practitioner of the consensus-building school of government, held a series of summit meetings.· January 1990 summit meeting p. 37202.· A trilateral summit meeting was planned for the following month.
· On the summit ridges Racomitrium is often confined to the lee side of boulders.
VERB· But Simmons emailed executives and told them not to attend Muhammad's summit, and refused to invite him to his own.· Yeltsin had decided not to attend the summit because of critical July 3 elections.· Other senior officials also attended the summit.· Mr Barak said he would attend a summit hosted by the United States, if one were called.
· It is tempting, then, to call time on G8 summits.· They welcomed last month's initiative by Mr Bush and called for a summit with him within 90 days.
· Romer, a patient practitioner of the consensus-building school of government, held a series of summit meetings.· It roused the kings and presidents to hold an emergency summit in Cairo last October.· He said he hoped that the two countries would strengthen relations and hold a summit meeting at least once a year.
· Ben Holt on the Z-pitch, leading to the summit of the Grand Dru.· A very steep paths leads down from the summit.· There are many paths leading to the summit of Goatfell.· From the cairn turn right along a track which leads east-north-east to the summit.
· The Geneva meeting, the first summit since Potsdam ten years earlier, was not the result of any political settlement.· Eight days later, the agreement was drafted and both sides met again at the summit and signed their names.
· This f is used only to detect when the algorithm has reached a summit or plateau.· But Cook claimed to have reached the summit at 10 a. m., September 16.· Have you ever tried to reach a summit when in retrospect you've realised that the conditions were too dangerous?· And he reached the final summit Sunday on Mount Aconcagua, just days before his birthday.· We looked at each other - we had finally reached Isparion's elusive summit.· For every five people who have reached the summit of Everest, one has died.· The sun was going down and it was in a warm twilight that they reached the summit of their climb.· Cook had some incredible news: He and Barrill had reached the summit!
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1an important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments: - Working with her was the summit of my life's experience.
- Continue west to the summit of Carnedd Dafydd.
- Curve round west to post 23 and then head to the summit of Lord's Seat.
- For every five people who have reached the summit of Everest, one has died.
- I rate the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean as the finest in my experience.
- If he had chosen to confide in anyone then he could not have said clearly what was the summit of his aspiration.
- The border line between the two states runs across the summit of Elbrus.
- The sun was just catching the summit of the opposite hillside, making a corona of light over the towering cypresses.
- What did it feel like when you finally made it to the summit of Everest?
the European summit The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring. a five-nation summit meeting► see thesaurus at meeting2the top of a mountainsummit of Many people have now reached the summit of Mount Everest.3the summit of something formal the greatest amount or highest level of something SYN peak: His election as president represented the summit of his career.