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–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.

Obsolete.

a.	to surpass in excellence.

b.	to exceed in amount.

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

]

—Related forms

sur·mount·a·ble, adjective

sur·mount·a·ble·ness, noun

sur·mount·er, noun

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

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

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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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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