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How to pronounce summit
Say it like this: /ˈsʌmət/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does summit mean?
nounThe topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
“In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.”
A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
verbTo reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
“Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.”
To reach the summit of a mountain.
To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).
“The President had been summiting with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna.”
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