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sur·mount    Audio Help   [ser-mount] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
2.to get over or across (barriers, obstacles, etc.).
3.to prevail over: to surmount tremendous difficulties.
4.to be on top of or above: a statue surmounting a pillar.
5.to furnish with something placed on top or above: to surmount a tower with a spire.
6.Obsolete.
a.to surpass in excellence.
b.to exceed in amount.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME surmounten < AF surmounter, MF. See sur-1, mount1]

sur·mount·a·ble, adjective
sur·mount·a·ble·ness, noun
sur·mount·er, noun
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sur·mount    Audio Help   (sər-mount')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
    1. To place something above; top.
    2. To be above or on top of: The church steeple surmounts the square.
  3. Obsolete To surpass or exceed in amount.


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

sur·mount'a·ble adj., sur·mount'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
surmount 
c.1369, "to rise above, go beyond," from O.Fr. surmounter "rise above," from sur- "beyond" + monter "to go up" (see mount (v.)). Meaning "to prevail over, overcome" is recorded from 1390.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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surmount

verb
1. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" [syn: overcome
2. be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown" 
3. reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" [syn: scale
4. 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" [syn: surpass

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
surmount [səˈmaunt] verb
to overcome or deal with (problems, obstacles etc) successfully
Example: He surmounted these obstacles without trouble.
Arabic: يَتَغَلَّب على المَصاعِب
Chinese (Simplified): 克服
Chinese (Traditional): 克服
Czech: překonat
Danish: overvinde
Dutch: overwinnen
Estonian: toime tulema, ületama
Finnish: selviytyä
French: surmonter
German: überwinden
Greek: υπερπηδώ, υπερνικώ
Hungarian: felülkerekedik (vmin)
Icelandic: yfirstíga
Indonesian: mengatasi
Italian: sormontare, superare
Japanese: 打ち勝つ
Korean: …을 극복하다
Latvian: pārvarēt
Lithuanian: nugalėti
Norwegian: overvinne
Polish: przezwyciężać, pokonywać
Portuguese (Brazil): superar
Portuguese (Portugal): ultrapassar
Romanian: a surmonta
Russian: преодолевать
Slovak: prekonať
Slovenian: premagati
Spanish: superar
Swedish: övervinna
Turkish: yenmek, üstesinden gelmek
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Surmount

O`ver*mount"\, v. t. [Cf. Surmount.] To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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