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# summit

«summit» in Mova's school dictionary: **the highest point or top of a mountain or hill** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a summit, summits); verb (summit — climbers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A summit is the highest point or top of a mountain or hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#m1)

2) A summit is an important meeting between leaders of countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#m2)

3) The summit of something is its highest level or greatest success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#m3)

4) (verb, climbing) To summit is to reach the top of a mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons a summit is the peak of a mountain, often marked on maps with a spot height. In news a «summit» is a meeting of presidents or prime ministers. In maths problems summit heights may be compared or subtracted. Phrases: «reach the summit», «summit meeting».

### examples

- We reached the summit just before lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x1)
- The view from the summit was amazing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x2)
- Snow covers the summit all year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x3)
- World leaders met at a summit to talk about climate change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x4)
- The summit of Ben Nevis is the highest point in the UK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x5)
- The climbers summited at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x6)
- Winning the cup was the summit of her career. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x7)
- The summit is 450 metres higher than the car park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x8)
- So he ascended to the summit of the mountain, and there claimed his child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/#x9)

### note

Plural: summits. Double «m»: summit. In maths, the difference in height between a summit and a base camp is found by subtraction. Near words: peak, top; opposite: base, foot (of the mountain).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «summit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.