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1. (v.t.) surmount
to get over or across (barriers, obstacles, etc.).
2. surmount
to prevail over; overcome:
to surmount difficulties.
3. surmount
to get to the top of; mount upon.
4. surmount
to be on top of or above.
5. surmount
to furnish with something placed on top or above.
6. surmount
Obs.
7. surmount
to surpass.
8. surmount
to exceed.
Etymology: (1325–75 < AF surmounter, MF)
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| Definition of 'surmount' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
get on top of; deal with successfully
"He overcame his shyness"
2. (verb) surmount
be on top of
"The scarf surmounted the gown"
3. (verb) scale, surmount
reach the highest point of
"We scaled the Mont Blanc"
4. (verb) surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
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"
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| Definition of 'surmount' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) surmount
to rise above; to be higher than; to overtop
2. (verb) surmount
to conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles
3. (verb) surmount
to surpass; to exceed
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Sense: to overcome or deal with (problems, obstacles etc) successfully
He surmounted these obstacles without trouble.
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 Afrikaans: oorkom, oorwin |
 Arabic: يَتَغَلَّب على المَصاعِب |
 Bulgarian: преодолявам |
 Brazilian: ultrapassar |
 Czech: překonat |
 German: überwinden |
 Danish: overvinde |
 Greek: υπερπηδώ, υπερνικώ |
 Spanish: superar |
 Estonian: toime tulema,ületama |
 Farsi: غلبه كردن بر |
 Finnish: selviytyä |
 French: surmonter |
 Hebrew: לְהִתגַבֵּר עַל |
 Hindi: विजय पाना या पार करना |
 Croatian: svladati, prijeći |
 Hungarian: felülkerekedik (vmin) |
 Indonesian: mengatasi |
 Icelandic: yfirstíga |
 Italian: sormontare, superare |
 Japanese: 打ち勝つ |
 Korean: 극복하다 |
 Lithuanian: nugalėti |
 Latvian: pārvarēt |
 Malay: mengatasi |
 Dutch: overwinnen |
 Norwegian: overvinne |
 Polish: przezwycięża, pokonywać |
 Persian: غلبه كردن بر |
 Pashto: پر یو شی باندی غلبه کول |
 Portuguese: ultrapassar |
 Romanian: a surmonta |
 Russian: преодолевать |
 Slovak: prekonať |
 Slovenian: premagati |
 Serbian: savladati |
 Swedish: övervinna |
 Thai: เอาชนะ |
 Turkish: yenmek,üstesinden gelmek |
 Taiwanese: 克服 |
 Ukrainian: перемагати, переборювати |
 Urdu: قابو پانا، فتح کرنا |
 Vietnamese: khắc phục, vượt qua, giải |
 Chinese: 克服 |
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