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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 [sɜːˈmaʊnt]

vb (tr)

1. to prevail over; overcome to surmount tremendous difficulties

2. to ascend and cross to the opposite side of

3. to lie on top of or rise above

4. to put something on top of or above

5. Obsolete to surpass or exceed

[from Old French surmonter, from sur-¹ + monter to mount¹]

surmountable  adj

surmountableness  n

surmounter  n

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

1. overcome, master, conquer, pass, exceed, surpass, overpower, triumph over, vanquish, prevail over I realised I had to surmount the language barrier.

2. (Formal) cap, top, crown, tip The mountain is surmounted by a huge black castle.

Translations

surmount [sɜːˈmaʊnt] VT

1. [+ difficulty] → superar, vencer

2. surmounted by (Archit) → coronado de

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surmount [sə^rˈmaʊnt] vt [+ obstacle, difficulties] → surmonter

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surmount

vt

difficulty, obstacle → überwinden

(esp Archit, Her etc) surmounted by something → von or mit etw gekrönt

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surmount [sɜːˈmaʊnt] vt (difficulty) → sormontare

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surmount [sɜːˈmaʊnt] vt (difficulty) → sormontare

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surmount

v surmount [səˈmaunt]

to overcome or deal with (problems, obstacles etc) successfully He surmounted these obstacles without trouble. oorkom, oorwin يَتَغَلَّب على المَصاعِب преодолявам překonat overvinde überwinden υπερπηδώ, υπερνικώ superar toime tulema, ületama غلبه كردن بر selviytyä surmonter לְהִתגַבֵּר עַל विजय पाना या पार करना svladati, prijeći felülkerekedik (vmin) mengatasi yfirstíga sormontare, superare 打ち勝つ 극복하다 nugalėti pārvarēt mengatasi overwinnen overvinne przezwyciężać, pokonywać ultrapassar a surmonta преодолевать prekonať premagati savladati övervinna ผ่านพ้น yenmek, üstesinden gelmek 克服 перемагати, переборювати قابو پانا، فتح کرنا khắc phục, vượt qua, giải quyết 克服