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summiting

SaySUM-it-ingAUS/ˈsʌmətɪŋ/UK/ˈsʌmɪtɪŋ/

2 meanings of summiting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of summit. Use this form for reaching the top of a mountain, either as it happens or as an activity.

    The team was summiting when the snow began to fall.

    Summiting takes hours of slow, careful climbing.

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    The act of climbing all the way to the top of a mountain.

    The summiting of the peak took them all morning.

    Her successful summiting made the local news.

    Similarascent, climb

    Oppositedescent

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summiting is a form of summit

summit, verb: To climb a mountain all the way to its top. Full entry

Forms
summitsummits he/she/itsummiting -ing formsummited past tense, past participle
Spelling
summit → summiting: add -ing

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