Summit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Summit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
summit n the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" Synonym(s): peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit a meeting of heads of governments Synonym(s): summit, summit meeting v reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" Synonym(s): summit, breast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Summit \Sum"mit\, n. [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See {Sum}, n.] 1. The top; the highest point. Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. --Shak. 2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated. {Summit level}, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Summit, AR (city, FIPS 67940) Location: 36.25014 N, 92.68743 W Population (1990): 480 (235 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Summit, IL (village, FIPS 73638) Location: 41.78477 N, 87.81620 W Population (1990): 9971 (3514 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Summit, MS (town, FIPS 71480) Location: 31.28466 N, 90.46615 W Population (1990): 1566 (661 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39666 Summit, NJ (city, FIPS 71430) Location: 40.71493 N, 74.36540 W Population (1990): 19757 (8003 housing units) Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07901 Summit, NY Zip code(s): 12175 Summit, OK (town, FIPS 71450) Location: 35.66890 N, 95.42235 W Population (1990): 170 (66 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Summit, SC (town, FIPS 70315) Location: 33.92433 N, 81.42326 W Population (1990): 242 (86 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Summit, SD (town, FIPS 62220) Location: 45.30378 N, 97.03675 W Population (1990): 267 (138 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57266 Summit, UT Zip code(s): 84772 Summit, WA (CDP, FIPS 68365) Location: 47.17213 N, 122.35800 W Population (1990): 6312 (2359 housing units) Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)