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Verb [English]

IPA: /səˈmaʊnt/ [UK], /sɚˈmaʊnt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surmount.wav Forms: surmounts [present, singular, third-person], surmounting [participle, present], surmounted [participle, past], surmounted [past]
Rhymes: -aʊnt Etymology: From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men-|id=stand out}}, {{inh|en|enm|surmounten}} Middle English surmounten, {{der|en|fro|sormonter|surmonter|t=to rise above, surmount}} Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), {{af|en|sur-|mount}} sur- + mount Head templates: {{en-verb}} surmount (third-person singular simple present surmounts, present participle surmounting, simple past and past participle surmounted)
  1. (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome. Tags: transitive Translations (to get over; to overcome): هَزَمَ (hazama) (Arabic), تَغَلَّبَ (taḡallaba) (Arabic), قَهَر (qahar) (Arabic), غلب (ġalab) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), هزم (hazam) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), преодолявам (preodoljavam) (Bulgarian), превъзмогвам (prevǎzmogvam) (Bulgarian), 克服 (kèfú) (Chinese Mandarin), překonat (Czech), overwinnen (Dutch), voittaa (Finnish), jättää jotain taakseen (Finnish), päästä jonkin yli (Finnish), surmonter (French), überwinden (German), υπερνικώ (ypernikó) (Greek), ξεπερνώ (xepernó) (Greek), υπερβαίνω (ypervaíno) (Greek), leküzd (Hungarian), legyőz (Hungarian), áthidal (Hungarian), felülkerekedik (Hungarian), úrrá lesz (Hungarian), 乗り越える (norikoeru) (alt: のりこえる) (Japanese), superō (Latin), ēluctor (Latin), surmounten (Middle English), overvinne (Norwegian), superar (Portuguese), преодолева́ть (preodolevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), преодоле́ть (preodolétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), nadvísiti (Serbo-Croatian), prebròditi (Serbo-Croatian), prevládati (Serbo-Croatian), överstiga (Swedish), aşmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-surmount-en-verb-BgyZVhrz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sur- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sur-: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to get over; to overcome': 90 10
  2. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-surmount-en-verb-CEb0NaP8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sur-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sur-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: surmountable, insurmountable

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} surmount
  1. Alternative form of surmounten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: surmounten
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Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10:",
          "text": "this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art",
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          "ref": "1995, Study on Legislation Related to Regulations Organs in the Field of Broadcasting in West Africa:",
          "text": "Burkina Fasoan legislation surmounts one more step which sees in the organ created in this country and designated as the Superior Council of Information (S.C.I.), \" an administrative authority\".",
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          "text": "The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves.",
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          "ref": "2007, Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders of Architecture, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The ovolo surmounting the dentil course generally turns the corner by means of a carved acanthus leaf, the decorated cyma and cyma reversa being similarly treated at the corner.",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "hazama",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "هَزَمَ"
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
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      "roman": "kèfú",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "克服"
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "překonat"
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "overwinnen"
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "voittaa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "jättää jotain taakseen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "päästä jonkin yli"
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "surmonter"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "überwinden"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypernikó",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "υπερνικώ"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "ξεπερνώ"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "υπερβαίνω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "leküzd"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "legyőz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "áthidal"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "felülkerekedik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "úrrá lesz"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "norikoeru",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "乗り越える"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "superō"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "ēluctor"
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      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "surmounten"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "overvinne"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "superar"
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      "roman": "preodolevátʹ",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "преодолева́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preodolétʹ",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "преодоле́ть"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "nadvísiti"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "prebròditi"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "prevládati"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "överstiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to get over; to overcome",
      "word": "aşmak"
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}

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