English Explanatory Dictionary

surmount

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
  2. To cap; to sit on top of.

Pronunciation

/səˈmaʊnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surmount.wav /sɚˈmaʊnt/

Word forms

surmount surmounts surmounting surmounted

Etymology

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.

Related words

surmountable insurmountable

Derived words

surmountability surmounter unsurmountability unsurmounted
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