summitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsʌm.ɪt/us/ˈsʌm.ɪt/summit noun [ C ] (MEETING)
C2 an important formal meeting between leaders of governments from two or more countries:
a summit meeting
World leaders will meet next week for their annual economic summit.
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- World leaders held a crisis summit.
- Summit members met in Rome.
- He said the environmental summit was all hypocrisy.
- She refused to attend the summit on global warming.
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Official meetings
- annual general meeting
- assembly
- assizes
- caucus
- conference
- congress
- convention
- convocation
- council of war
- extraordinary
- order
- plenary
- plenum
- powwow
- quorate
- quorum
- round-table
- secretary
- sitting
- speaking engagement
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International relations: international politics & government
summit noun [ C ] (HIGHEST POINT)
C1 the highest point of a mountain:
On this day in 1784, Dr Michel Paccard and Jacques Balmat reached the summit of Mont Blanc.
the summit
the highest, most successful, or most important point in something:
I certainly haven't reached the summit of my career.
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Geography: hills & mountains
- alpine
- arête
- Ben
- butte
- cirque
- cliff
- clifftop
- col
- drumlin
- hilltop
- hilly
- hummock
- incline
- knoll
- mountainous
- mountainside
- orographic
- ridge
- sheer
- shelf
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Higher and lower points of achievement