mounting

[ moun-ting ]

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noun

the act of a person or thing that mounts.
something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like: a new mounting for an heirloom jewel.

Origin of mounting

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at mount¹, -ing¹

Other words from mounting

un·mount·ing, adjective

Words Nearby mounting

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How to use mounting in a sentence

Confusion about who is financially backing the project is mounting.
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It means mounting a campaign that reaches your voters with your message and turning them out on Election Day.
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Stittsworth sighed and gazed out the window, whereupon he noticed a male goat mounting a female goat with extreme vigor.
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Political pressure was mounting tonight from veteran Conservative politicians on Cameron to take much tougher action against IS.
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But those two identifications are still subjects of debate, a problem that adds to the suspense now mounting at Amphipolis.
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She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
Its tiny wreath of smoke curled lightly about her, mounting up in the warm, bright room.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
Hexam watched her with an amused indulgence that in no wise tempered his mounting admiration.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
With a flush mounting to his cheeks, and his brows drawn together in perplexity, Garnache surveyed him.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
Not, indeed, until the foreigner's foot was on the step preparatory to mounting did Garnache speak.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for mounting

mounting

/ (ˈmaʊntɪŋ) /

noun

another word for mount 1 (def. 13)

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