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/ˈsʌmɪt/ · sum·mit
noun
- The highest point or peak of a mountain or hill. After a long trek, they finally stood on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
- A formal meeting or conference of leaders, especially heads of state. World leaders gathered at the summit in Geneva to discuss climate policy.
verb
- (hiking) To reach the highest point of a mountain. We summited the ridge just before sunset.
Did you know? The word 'summit' entered political jargon after the 1972 Nixon–Kissinger summit with Soviet leaders, marking the first high‑level US‑USSR talks.