surmount

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /səˈmaʊnt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /sɚˈmaʊnt/

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Verb

Plain form surmount

Third-person singular surmounts

Past tense surmounted

Past participle surmounted

Present participle surmounting

1. (transitive) If you surmount a difficulty, you overcome it.
2. (transitive) If you surmount something, you place another thing onto it.