Definitions for surmount
sərˈmaʊntsur·mount

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, masterverb

   get on top of; deal with successfully

   "He overcame his shyness"

2. surmountverb

   be on top of

   "The scarf surmounted the gown"

3. scale, surmountverb

   reach the highest point of

   "We scaled the Mont Blanc"

4. surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperformverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surmountverb

   to get over; to overcome

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SURMOUNTverb

   Etymology: surmonter, French.

   1. To rise above.

   The mountains of Olympus, Atho, and Atlas, over-reach and surmount all winds and clouds. Walter Raleigh.

   2. To conquer; to overcome.

   Though no resistance was made, the English had much ado to surmount the natural difficulties of the place the greatest part of one day. John Hayward.

   He hardly escaped to the Persian court; from whence, if the love of his country had not surmounted its base ingratitude to him, he had many invitations to return at the head of the Persian fleet; but he rather chose a voluntary death. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To surpass; to exceed.

   What surmounts the reach
   Of human sense, I shall delineate so,
   By lik’ning spiritual to corporeal forms,
   As may express them best. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surmountverb

   to rise above; to be higher than; to overtop

2. Surmountverb

   to conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles

3. Surmountverb

   to surpass; to exceed

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surmount

   sur-mownt′, v.t. to mount above: to surpass: to overcome, get the better of.—adj. Surmount′able, that may be surmounted.—n. Surmount′ableness.—adj. Surmount′ed, surpassed: overcome: (archit.) denoting an arch or dome rising higher than a semicircle: (her.) denoting a figure when another is laid over it.—n. Surmount′er. [Fr.—sur (L. super), above, monter, to mount.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surmount in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surmount in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of surmount in a Sentence

1. Dorit Rabinyan novel:

   The two heroes spend a winter overseas and manage to get to know each other in great detail, something that could not happen on the disputed land, perhaps their ability to surmount the obstacles of the Middle East conflict is what threatens the Education Ministry.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

4. Guo Shuqing:

   In the past 40 years, the development of China's society and economy has encountered many difficulties and problems, but as long as we uphold the leadership of the Communist Party and reform and opening up, we can surmount all challenges, the progress of China's economy cannot be reversed by any force.

5. Gaius Julius Caesar:

   He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

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