surmount

sur·mount  (sr-mount)

tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts

1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer.

2. To ascend to the top of; climb.

3.

a. To place something above; top.

b. To be above or on top of: The church steeple surmounts the square.

4. Obsolete To surpass or exceed in amount.

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[Middle English surmonten, from Old French surmonter : sur-, sur- + monter, to mount; see mount¹.]

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sur·mounta·ble adj.

sur·mounter n.

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surmount

Verb

1. to overcome (a problem)

2. to be situated on top of (something): the island is surmounted by a huge black castle [Old French surmonter]

surmountable adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	surmount - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" master, overcome, subdue, get over beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" bulldog - throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
	2.	surmount - be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown" head - be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president" pinnacle - surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"
	3.	surmount - reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" scale arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
	4.	surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outgrow - grow faster than outcry, outshout - shout louder than outroar - roar louder than outsail - sail faster or better than; "They outsailed the Roman fleet" outdraw - draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight outsell - sell more than others; "This salesman outsells his colleagues" outsell - be sold more often than other, similar products; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin" outpace - surpass in speed; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence" better, break - surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" outshine - attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality" outrange - have a greater range than (another gun) outweigh - be heavier than outbrave - be braver than out-herod - surpass someone in cruelty or evil outfox - outdo someone in trickery shame - surpass or beat by a wide margin outmarch - march longer distances and for a longer time than; "This guy can outmarch anyone!" outwear - last longer than others; "This material outwears all others"

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surmount

verb overcome, master, conquer, pass, exceed, surpass, overpower, triumph over, vanquish, prevail over

Translations

surmount [səːˈmaunt] vt → superar, vencer

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surmount [səːˈmaunt] vt → surmonter

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surmount [səːˈmaunt] vt (fig) → überwinden

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surmount [səːˈmaunt] vt → sormontare