summit meeting

noun

1. a meeting or conference of heads of state, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions.

2. any meeting or conference of top-level officials, executives, etc.

summit meeting

1. Direct personal negotiations between heads of governments, especially meetings that took place between the leaders of the United States and the former Soviet Union.

Word History and Origins

Origin of summit meeting¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

They agreed to hold formal talks on these issues at a summit meeting in Paris in May 1960.

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He later flew to Sharm El Sheikh, an Egyptian Red Sea resort for a summit meeting with other leaders aimed at spurring momentum for a broader postwar settlement.

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A final summit meeting with the Harlequins hierarchy was called.

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The eight countries, which held talks during a summit meeting in the Cypriot capital, said the situation in Syria has “considerably evolved,” even though complete political stability hasn’t been achieved.

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By then, Mr. Biden will have returned from the Group of 7 summit meetings with other heads of state in Italy, and Mr. Trump’s hush-money trial in New York should be over.

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