Meaning & use
summitting
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reaching the top, or summit, of a mountain or peak
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The climbers spent three days summitting the icy ridge.
After summitting Everest, she began planning her next expedition.
A note on using this word
A mountaineering term formed by using the noun 'summit' as a verb; the doubled 't' follows British spelling convention.
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topping out
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