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to summit

to summit

5 6.2
To reach the top of a mountain
  • verb
  • /ˈsʌmɪt/
translation icon : alcanzar la cima
  • About a month ago, I went on my first ever backpacking trip—it was to the White Mountains (New Hampshire), and the goal was to summit Mt. Madison and Mt. Adams.
  • to summit a peak
  • to summit Everest
  • to summit Mount

And I had to decide whether I was going to summit the next day with the the team.

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Examples

  • I'll wait till we summit.

    Everest (2015)

  • To give you the best chance of summiting you need to prepare your bodies for the thin air up there.

    Everest (2015)

  • And I had to decide whether I was going to summit the next day with the the team.

    Lex Fridman

  • I could summit on my own !

    Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

  • So let's see if we can summit it ourselves.

  • The only way we both summit, mate, is if we work together.

    Everest (2015)

  • We're summiting when we want.

    Everest (2015)

  • Jordan had become the youngest person ever to summit Mount Everest.

    Academic text (2011)

  • On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to summit Mount Everest.

    Blog text (9)

  • After a grueling ascent, we were thrilled to finally summit the mountain and enjoy the breathtaking view.

Synonyms

to top
vsto summit
46 1.5

To reach the highest point or part of something

is narrower, meaning specifically getting to a mountain's highest point
to top out
vsto summit
  • Informal
7 5.4

To reach the highest level or amount

is specific to physically getting to a mountain's highest point rather than levels
to reach the summit
vsto summit
6 3.1

Get to the top of a mountain or the highest point in your career

is the physical act of getting to a mountain's highest point
to surmount
vsto summit
1 6.8

To reach the top of a hill or mountain after climbing it

is the simple act of getting to a mountain's highest point without struggle focus
to culminate
vsto summit
  • Formal
1 6.7

Form the highest point of something like a roof or mountain

is the action of a person getting to a mountain's highest point
to breast
vsto summit
  • Archaic
1 8.3

To reach the top of a hill or mountain

is focused on getting to the mountain's highest point rather than just passing over
to ascend the mountain
vsto summit
3.7

To climb a mountain

is specifically about getting to the mountain's highest point, not just climbing

Antonyms

to fall
∞ 1.0

Move or drop down from a higher to a lower place

to descend
150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

Phrasal Verbs

to reach the summit
6 3.1

Get to the top of a mountain or the highest point in your career

Compounds

summit meeting
  • Formal
18 3.8

A meeting where country leaders discuss important problems

summit fever
9.3

A strong desire to reach a mountain top that makes people take risky actions

How High

to top out
  • Informal
7 5.4
to summit
5 6.2
to ascend
54 4.0
to climb
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

summit infinitive
summited past
summited past participle
summiting present participle
summits third person singular

Etymology

The word summit comes from the Latin summus, meaning 'highest'. To summit a mountain is to reach its highest point — to get to the 'top'.