Definition of surmount in English:

surmount

verb səˈmaʊntsərˈmaʊnt

[with object]

1Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle)
all manner of cultural differences were surmounted
Example sentencesExamples
- The scavenger molecules, when added to the bulk, also find it difficult to surmount this barrier and pick up the proton from the protein surface.
- Moreover, a syndicate bank will find it difficult to surmount the usual exclusion clauses and disclaimers inserted in the documentation.
- Only considerable skill in narrative can surmount the difficulty of this complete change of tone within the limits of one book.
- Fortunately, we have children who have surmounted these difficulties and who have been described by the Children's Lawyer as engaging, active and well-adjusted.
- Hanan surmounted the obstacles she recounted in her narrative by travelling first to Egypt, arranging there for her ultimate destination.
- Determining user context will require software designers to surmount serious engineering hurdles, however.
- The Koreans argue that those obstacles are easily surmounted.
- As one minor obstacle was surmounted another one appeared on the horizon in the shape of my suit jacket and the fact that it was looking at me from inside the car that I couldn't get into.
- Yoplait had a stab at chocolate in the late 1980s, but new technologies finally allowed its researchers to surmount the obstacles in adding the flavor to cultured dairy.
- Having surmounted the hurdle of the committee stage the bill will proceed to become law in the normal way.
- Access to this market would rely on those exporters that can surmount the challenges.
- While a poor production can easily reduce a great play to disordered rubbish, it's a bit more difficult for a fine production to surmount the obstacles presented by an absurdly tangled script.
- By and large, the problems with the site were successfully surmounted.
- To keep growing at its current pace, Houghton must surmount some formidable challenges.
- In Act Two, though, the excellence of the play surmounts all obstacles, and hits piercingly home.
- Even if the Tories could surmount their self-inflicted difficulties, their position on public spending differs little from Labour.
- Again, his hunger for learning enabled him to surmount the obstacles and extract all he could from the academic and cultural opportunities available to him.
- Hill was able to surmount major obstacles like environmental testing of the sediments.
- He's the only one to have surmounted every obstacle.
- The boy from Tunapuna had fearlessly and single-handedly faced and surmounted all obstacles and carved a niche market from scratch.
Synonyms
overcome, conquer, get over, prevail over, triumph over, get the better of, beat, vanquish, master
clear, cross, make one's way round/past/over, make it round/past/over, pass over, be unstoppable by
deal with, cope with, resist, endure
2Stand or be placed on top of.
the tomb was surmounted by a sculptured angel
Example sentencesExamples
- This, along with certain features of its design, has led to the conjecture that it was intended to surmount a tomb on which more facts would have been inscribed but that this part of the plan was abandoned.
- Built in 1907, the Port of Liverpool Building is surmounted by a green dome supported on pillars.
- The whole composition is surmounted by the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
- A boxy, low-lying structure about 2 feet tall was surmounted by precarious, spindly towers outfitted with tiny ladders rising to a height of 6 feet.
- The coffin, surmounted by her crown, will be placed in the same spot as her royal predecessors’.
- Above this is a four-sided arched structure, and this is surmounted by a rotunda with Corinthian columns enclosing two statues.
- Four towers surmount the corners of the building.
- Below these words, a framed miniature, eight lines of text tall, depicts a domed structure surrounded by city walls surmounted by turrets, in turn surrounded by water.
- In the centre is the shield of Piedmont Savoy surmounted by the closed crown of the King.
- If you keep heading upwards then sooner or later you'll reach the jewel that surmounts Alfama's crown.
- An altar surmounted by an urn stands on a high podium in front of the ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius.
Synonyms
cap, top, crown, tip
rise above, tower above, overtop, dominate

Derivatives

surmountable

adjective səˈmaʊntəb(ə)lsərˈmaʊn(t)əb(ə)l

Given enough identifiers, every spam attack is surmountable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Still, these dialogue issues might be surmountable if the story didn't focus so heavily on unspoken questions and half-articulated criticisms.
- Both face awkward, but surmountable, opposition this weekend.
- A four-point deficit would not have been surmountable, especially with the aid of the wind on the turnover but an injury time goal had a devastating effect on the Ballyfin girls.
- You inspire us to know that all obstacles of human achievement and progress are surmountable.

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense 'surpass, be superior to'): from Old French surmonter (see sur-¹, mount¹).

Rhymes

account, amount, count, fount, miscount, mount, no-account

Definition of surmount in US English:

surmount

verbsərˈmaʊntsərˈmount

[with object]

1Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle)
all manner of cultural differences were surmounted
Example sentencesExamples
- While a poor production can easily reduce a great play to disordered rubbish, it's a bit more difficult for a fine production to surmount the obstacles presented by an absurdly tangled script.
- Determining user context will require software designers to surmount serious engineering hurdles, however.
- Hill was able to surmount major obstacles like environmental testing of the sediments.
- The scavenger molecules, when added to the bulk, also find it difficult to surmount this barrier and pick up the proton from the protein surface.
- The Koreans argue that those obstacles are easily surmounted.
- Having surmounted the hurdle of the committee stage the bill will proceed to become law in the normal way.
- He's the only one to have surmounted every obstacle.
- Access to this market would rely on those exporters that can surmount the challenges.
- By and large, the problems with the site were successfully surmounted.
- In Act Two, though, the excellence of the play surmounts all obstacles, and hits piercingly home.
- The boy from Tunapuna had fearlessly and single-handedly faced and surmounted all obstacles and carved a niche market from scratch.
- Moreover, a syndicate bank will find it difficult to surmount the usual exclusion clauses and disclaimers inserted in the documentation.
- Even if the Tories could surmount their self-inflicted difficulties, their position on public spending differs little from Labour.
- Yoplait had a stab at chocolate in the late 1980s, but new technologies finally allowed its researchers to surmount the obstacles in adding the flavor to cultured dairy.
- Fortunately, we have children who have surmounted these difficulties and who have been described by the Children's Lawyer as engaging, active and well-adjusted.
- Hanan surmounted the obstacles she recounted in her narrative by travelling first to Egypt, arranging there for her ultimate destination.
- To keep growing at its current pace, Houghton must surmount some formidable challenges.
- As one minor obstacle was surmounted another one appeared on the horizon in the shape of my suit jacket and the fact that it was looking at me from inside the car that I couldn't get into.
- Only considerable skill in narrative can surmount the difficulty of this complete change of tone within the limits of one book.
- Again, his hunger for learning enabled him to surmount the obstacles and extract all he could from the academic and cultural opportunities available to him.
Synonyms
overcome, conquer, get over, prevail over, triumph over, get the better of, beat, vanquish, master
2usually be surmountedStand or be placed on top of.
the tomb was surmounted by a sculptured angel
Example sentencesExamples
- This, along with certain features of its design, has led to the conjecture that it was intended to surmount a tomb on which more facts would have been inscribed but that this part of the plan was abandoned.
- Four towers surmount the corners of the building.
- An altar surmounted by an urn stands on a high podium in front of the ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius.
- A boxy, low-lying structure about 2 feet tall was surmounted by precarious, spindly towers outfitted with tiny ladders rising to a height of 6 feet.
- The whole composition is surmounted by the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Below these words, a framed miniature, eight lines of text tall, depicts a domed structure surrounded by city walls surmounted by turrets, in turn surrounded by water.
- Above this is a four-sided arched structure, and this is surmounted by a rotunda with Corinthian columns enclosing two statues.
- In the centre is the shield of Piedmont Savoy surmounted by the closed crown of the King.
- Built in 1907, the Port of Liverpool Building is surmounted by a green dome supported on pillars.
- The coffin, surmounted by her crown, will be placed in the same spot as her royal predecessors’.
- If you keep heading upwards then sooner or later you'll reach the jewel that surmounts Alfama's crown.
Synonyms
cap, top, crown, tip
rise above, tower above, overtop, dominate

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘surpass, be superior to’): from Old French surmonter (see sur-, mount).

单词	surmount
释义	Definition of surmount in English: surmount verb səˈmaʊntsərˈmaʊnt [with object] 1Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle) all manner of cultural differences were surmounted Example sentencesExamples The scavenger molecules, when added to the bulk, also find it difficult to surmount this barrier and pick up the proton from the protein surface. Moreover, a syndicate bank will find it difficult to surmount the usual exclusion clauses and disclaimers inserted in the documentation. Only considerable skill in narrative can surmount the difficulty of this complete change of tone within the limits of one book. Fortunately, we have children who have surmounted these difficulties and who have been described by the Children's Lawyer as engaging, active and well-adjusted. Hanan surmounted the obstacles she recounted in her narrative by travelling first to Egypt, arranging there for her ultimate destination. Determining user context will require software designers to surmount serious engineering hurdles, however. The Koreans argue that those obstacles are easily surmounted. As one minor obstacle was surmounted another one appeared on the horizon in the shape of my suit jacket and the fact that it was looking at me from inside the car that I couldn't get into. Yoplait had a stab at chocolate in the late 1980s, but new technologies finally allowed its researchers to surmount the obstacles in adding the flavor to cultured dairy. Having surmounted the hurdle of the committee stage the bill will proceed to become law in the normal way. Access to this market would rely on those exporters that can surmount the challenges. While a poor production can easily reduce a great play to disordered rubbish, it's a bit more difficult for a fine production to surmount the obstacles presented by an absurdly tangled script. By and large, the problems with the site were successfully surmounted. To keep growing at its current pace, Houghton must surmount some formidable challenges. In Act Two, though, the excellence of the play surmounts all obstacles, and hits piercingly home. Even if the Tories could surmount their self-inflicted difficulties, their position on public spending differs little from Labour. Again, his hunger for learning enabled him to surmount the obstacles and extract all he could from the academic and cultural opportunities available to him. Hill was able to surmount major obstacles like environmental testing of the sediments. He's the only one to have surmounted every obstacle. The boy from Tunapuna had fearlessly and single-handedly faced and surmounted all obstacles and carved a niche market from scratch. Synonyms overcome, conquer, get over, prevail over, triumph over, get the better of, beat, vanquish, master clear, cross, make one's way round/past/over, make it round/past/over, pass over, be unstoppable by deal with, cope with, resist, endure 2Stand or be placed on top of. the tomb was surmounted by a sculptured angel Example sentencesExamples This, along with certain features of its design, has led to the conjecture that it was intended to surmount a tomb on which more facts would have been inscribed but that this part of the plan was abandoned. Built in 1907, the Port of Liverpool Building is surmounted by a green dome supported on pillars. The whole composition is surmounted by the crown of the Holy Roman Empire. A boxy, low-lying structure about 2 feet tall was surmounted by precarious, spindly towers outfitted with tiny ladders rising to a height of 6 feet. The coffin, surmounted by her crown, will be placed in the same spot as her royal predecessors’. Above this is a four-sided arched structure, and this is surmounted by a rotunda with Corinthian columns enclosing two statues. Four towers surmount the corners of the building. Below these words, a framed miniature, eight lines of text tall, depicts a domed structure surrounded by city walls surmounted by turrets, in turn surrounded by water. In the centre is the shield of Piedmont Savoy surmounted by the closed crown of the King. If you keep heading upwards then sooner or later you'll reach the jewel that surmounts Alfama's crown. An altar surmounted by an urn stands on a high podium in front of the ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius. Synonyms cap, top, crown, tip rise above, tower above, overtop, dominate Derivatives surmountable adjective səˈmaʊntəb(ə)lsərˈmaʊn(t)əb(ə)l Given enough identifiers, every spam attack is surmountable. Example sentencesExamples Still, these dialogue issues might be surmountable if the story didn't focus so heavily on unspoken questions and half-articulated criticisms. Both face awkward, but surmountable, opposition this weekend. A four-point deficit would not have been surmountable, especially with the aid of the wind on the turnover but an injury time goal had a devastating effect on the Ballyfin girls. You inspire us to know that all obstacles of human achievement and progress are surmountable. Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense 'surpass, be superior to'): from Old French surmonter (see sur-¹, mount¹). Rhymes account, amount, count, fount, miscount, mount, no-account Definition of surmount in US English: surmount verbsərˈmaʊntsərˈmount [with object] 1Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle) all manner of cultural differences were surmounted Example sentencesExamples While a poor production can easily reduce a great play to disordered rubbish, it's a bit more difficult for a fine production to surmount the obstacles presented by an absurdly tangled script. Determining user context will require software designers to surmount serious engineering hurdles, however. Hill was able to surmount major obstacles like environmental testing of the sediments. The scavenger molecules, when added to the bulk, also find it difficult to surmount this barrier and pick up the proton from the protein surface. The Koreans argue that those obstacles are easily surmounted. Having surmounted the hurdle of the committee stage the bill will proceed to become law in the normal way. He's the only one to have surmounted every obstacle. Access to this market would rely on those exporters that can surmount the challenges. By and large, the problems with the site were successfully surmounted. In Act Two, though, the excellence of the play surmounts all obstacles, and hits piercingly home. The boy from Tunapuna had fearlessly and single-handedly faced and surmounted all obstacles and carved a niche market from scratch. Moreover, a syndicate bank will find it difficult to surmount the usual exclusion clauses and disclaimers inserted in the documentation. Even if the Tories could surmount their self-inflicted difficulties, their position on public spending differs little from Labour. Yoplait had a stab at chocolate in the late 1980s, but new technologies finally allowed its researchers to surmount the obstacles in adding the flavor to cultured dairy. Fortunately, we have children who have surmounted these difficulties and who have been described by the Children's Lawyer as engaging, active and well-adjusted. Hanan surmounted the obstacles she recounted in her narrative by travelling first to Egypt, arranging there for her ultimate destination. To keep growing at its current pace, Houghton must surmount some formidable challenges. As one minor obstacle was surmounted another one appeared on the horizon in the shape of my suit jacket and the fact that it was looking at me from inside the car that I couldn't get into. Only considerable skill in narrative can surmount the difficulty of this complete change of tone within the limits of one book. Again, his hunger for learning enabled him to surmount the obstacles and extract all he could from the academic and cultural opportunities available to him. Synonyms overcome, conquer, get over, prevail over, triumph over, get the better of, beat, vanquish, master 2usually be surmountedStand or be placed on top of. the tomb was surmounted by a sculptured angel Example sentencesExamples This, along with certain features of its design, has led to the conjecture that it was intended to surmount a tomb on which more facts would have been inscribed but that this part of the plan was abandoned. Four towers surmount the corners of the building. An altar surmounted by an urn stands on a high podium in front of the ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius. A boxy, low-lying structure about 2 feet tall was surmounted by precarious, spindly towers outfitted with tiny ladders rising to a height of 6 feet. The whole composition is surmounted by the crown of the Holy Roman Empire. Below these words, a framed miniature, eight lines of text tall, depicts a domed structure surrounded by city walls surmounted by turrets, in turn surrounded by water. Above this is a four-sided arched structure, and this is surmounted by a rotunda with Corinthian columns enclosing two statues. In the centre is the shield of Piedmont Savoy surmounted by the closed crown of the King. Built in 1907, the Port of Liverpool Building is surmounted by a green dome supported on pillars. The coffin, surmounted by her crown, will be placed in the same spot as her royal predecessors’. If you keep heading upwards then sooner or later you'll reach the jewel that surmounts Alfama's crown. Synonyms cap, top, crown, tip rise above, tower above, overtop, dominate Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘surpass, be superior to’): from Old French surmonter (see sur-, mount).
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