summit meeting

American  

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.

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summit meeting Cultural  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of summit meeting

First recorded in 1950–55

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summit meeting

Photoshop him into a 2005 summit meeting alongside Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Jacques Chirac, and he’d fit right in.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Broader and tougher trade defenses discussed at a June summit meeting in Brussels will likely take a year or more to materialize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

But before that summit meeting, Arteta knows Bayern pose a major threat to his team's 15-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

Last month US President Donald Trump invited Putin to Alaska for a summit meeting.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

The two leaders scheduled a summit meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, for November of that year.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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