summit
[noun]
Synonyms: peak, acme, apex, head, height, pinnacle, top, zenith

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English Thesaurus: meeting, conference, convention, rally, summit, ...

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sum‧mit /ˈsʌmət, ˈsʌmɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: somete, from sum 'top', from Latin summum, from summus; ⇒ sum¹]

1. an important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments:
the European summit
The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring.
a five-nation summit meeting

2. the top of a mountain ⇒ peak
summit of
Many people have now reached the summit of Mount Everest.

3. the summit of something formal the greatest amount or highest level of something Synonym : peak:
His election as President represented the summit of his career.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

summit
noun
I. top of a mountain
ADJ. high The Pic Long is the highest summit in the region.
very | rocky, snow-capped, snow-covered, snowy | mountain
VERB + SUMMIT arrive at, climb (to), gain, get to, reach
SUMMIT + NOUN attempt, bid The blizzard forced them to delay their summit bid.
PREP. at the ~ We were standing at the very summit of the highest mountain in India.
below the ~ They reached base camp, 12,000 metres below the summit.
on the ~ The climbers planted a flag on the summit.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

summit
II. important meeting between leaders
ADJ. annual, biennial, etc. | regular | emergency, extraordinary, special | two-day, etc. | first, inaugural | global, international, regional | bilateral, trilateral | European, Franco-German, etc. | G8, NATO, etc. | presidential | Paris, Rio, etc. | drugs, earth, economic, peace
VERB + SUMMIT have, hold, host The 2004 summit will be hosted by Japan.
attend, go to
SUMMIT + NOUN conference, meeting, talks | agenda | agreement, declaration
PREP. at a/the ~ These measures were decided at a summit in July.
~ between annual summits between the major OECD economies
~ on a two-day international summit on drugs

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

meeting 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.
conference 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
convention 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
rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something:
There was a massive peace rally in London.
summit 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
caucus 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.
teleconference/video conference 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.
gathering/get-together 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.
date 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.
rendezvous 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.
tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship:
a good place for a moonlight tryst

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

mountain a very high hill:
the highest mountain in Austria
hill 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.
Mount (also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’:
Mount Everest
cliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea:
the white cliffs of Dover
precipice especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff:
They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
crag a high steep rock or mountain:
An eagle sailed over the high crags.
ridge 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.
knoll a small round hill:
a grassy knoll
volcano a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out:
the eruption of a volcano
summit the very highest point of a mountain:
the summit of Mt Everest
peak especially literary the top of a mountain:
the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas
a distant peak
range/chain a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line:
the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
foothills a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains:
the Sierra foothills

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