Dictionary

surmount en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /səˈmæʊnt/ (New-Zealand)
• /səˈmaʊnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /sɚˈmaʊnt/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /səˈmæɔnt/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
   • 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". 1995, Study on Legislation Related to Regulations Organs in the Field of Broadcasting in West Africa:
   • There are two realms: that of divine powers, another of the metadivine.¹ Even the gods are depicted as calling upon metadivine forces to surmount their own predestined limitations. 1960, Yehezkel Kaufmann, “Chapter II: Pagan Religion”, in Moshe Greenberg, transl., The Religion of Israel, University of Chicago, →OCLC, page 23:
   • this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10:
2. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top of.
   • The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves. 1951 April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 283:
   • 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. 2007, Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders of Architecture, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

unsurmounted · surmounter · surmountability · unsurmountability

Relateds

insurmountable · surmountable

Translations (41)

arz غلب (to get over; to overcome) · la superō (to get over; to overcome) · sh nadvísiti (to get over; to overcome) · el υπερβαίνω (to get over; to overcome) · bg преодолявам (to get over; to overcome) · la ēluctor (to get over; to overcome) · nl overwinnen (to get over; to overcome) · th เอาชนะ (to get over; to overcome) · fi voittaa (to get over; to overcome) · el ξεπερνώ (to get over; to overcome) · uk переборо́ти (to get over; to overcome) · cs překonat (to get over; to overcome) · ru преодоле́ть (to get over; to overcome) · hu leküzd (to get over; to overcome) · ar هَزَمَ (to get over; to overcome) · hu úrrá lesz (to get over; to overcome) · el υπερνικώ (to get over; to overcome) · pt superar (to get over; to overcome) · sh prebròditi (to get over; to overcome) · fi jättää jotain taakseen (to get over; to overcome) · sh prevládati (to get over; to overcome) · fr surmonter (to get over; to overcome) · tr aşmak (to get over; to overcome) · ar تَغَلَّبَ (to get over; to overcome) · ja 乗り越える (to get over; to overcome) · fi päästä jonkin yli (to get over; to overcome) · enm surmounten (to get over; to overcome) · pl przezwyciężyć (to get over; to overcome) · hu legyőz (to get over; to overcome) · ru преодолева́ть (to get over; to overcome) · hu áthidal (to get over; to overcome) · uk перебо́рювати (to get over; to overcome) · cmn 克服 (to get over; to overcome) · ar قَهَر (to get over; to overcome) · de überwinden (to get over; to overcome) · no overvinne (to get over; to overcome) · pl przezwyciężać (to get over; to overcome) · hu felülkerekedik (to get over; to overcome) · sv överstiga (to get over; to overcome) · arz هزم (to get over; to overcome) · bg превъзмогвам (to get over; to overcome)