Surmount

Definition: Surmount

Surmount

Verb

1. Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness".

2. Be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown".

3. Reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc".

4. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "surmount" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Note: Surmount \Sur*mount"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Surmounted; present participle verb or noun Surmounting.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Surmount

Ascent

Climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount; shin, shinny, shinney; scale, scale the heights.

Height

Verb: be high; Adjective: tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop; (be superior); stand on tiptoe.

Success

Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority).

Transcursion

Overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar; (rise).

Crosswords: Surmount

Economic History

Turkey

In fact, it is virtually impossible to surmount complicated bureaucratic requirements, language obstacles, and purchasing transactions without a competent local agent. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "surmount": surmount a difficulty ♦ surmount an obstacle. Additional references.

Albanian

vë sipër, kapërcej (bypass, climb over, cross, exceed, fight off, get over, go one better than, hop, lap, leap, leave out, miss out, outdo, overbalance, overcome, overmaster, overpower, span, transcend, turn, vault). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تغلب على المصاعب, ‏تسلق (ascent, climb, creep, get over, get up, mount, mounting, ramble, scale, scaling, scramble, swarm, swarm up), ‏علا (overlie, pick up, tower). (various references)

Bulgarian 

увенчавам (crown), прехвърлям (alienate, assign, convey, deed, devolve, heave, transfer), превъзмогвам (conquer, fight, overcome, prevail, vanquish), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, get over, hurdle, live down, master, negotiate, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, pass over, prevail, ride out, vanquish, win through), преминавам (adjourn, get over, get through, go by, melt, merge, overblow, overpass, pass, pass along, pass away, pass by, pass on, passage, proceed, run, shade, traverse), покривам (bestride, cap, case, clothe, coat, cope, cover, cover up, deck, defray, do over, encase, encrust, enshroud, film, horse, invest, mantle, overcast, overlay, overlie, overspread, pave, pit, pustulate, sheet, vesture, wreathe), издигам се над (overlook, overtop). (various references)

Chinese 

戰勝 (prevail), 战胜 (surmounted, Surmounting, Victorious). (various references)

Czech

zdolat (conquer, cope, defeat, negotiate, overbear, overpower, vanquish), tyèit se, přemoci (conquer, defeat, fight down, master, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, reduce, stifle, swallow, vanquish), překonat (beat, better, bridge, clear, conquer, eclipse, exceed, Excel, get the better of, go beyond, heal, outdo, overcome, refute, surpass, tide over). (various references)

Farsi 

فاءق امدن (Get), غالب امدن بر (Induce), ازمیان برداشتن , بالاقرارگرفتن , برطرف کردن (Acquit, Dispel, Eliminate, Loose, Rectify, Remove). (various references)

French

surmonter (surpass). (various references)

German

überwinden (defeat, get over, negotiate, outgrow, overcome, quell, subdue, subjugate, to overcome (overcame, vanquish, win over). (various references)

Greek 

υπερβαίνω (exceed, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, overdraw, overreach, overrun, overstep, overtop, pass, surpass, transcend, transgress). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעלות על-, ל�"ת�'בר על- (make up for, master, overcome). (various references)

Hungarian

tetõz (roof), leküzd (fight down, master, negotiate, overcome, tide over, to fight back, to fight down, to fight off, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to tide over, to vanquish, vanquish), legyûr, felülmúl (exceed, Excel, outbid, outmatch, outreach, outrival, outshine, out-top, to cap, to exceed, to excel, to flog, to overshadow, to overtop, to pass, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to surpass, to transcend, transcend). (various references)

Italian

superare (be over, cap, clear, come through, exceed, excel, get over, get through, go over, negotiate, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outnumber, outrange, outstrip, overcome, overrun, overtake, pass, ride out, round, surpass, top, upstage), sormontare (overcome). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乗り越える (to climb over, to ride across, to surmount), 山�'越す (to go across a mountain, to surmount a difficulty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のり�"える (to climb over, to ride across, to surmount), やま�'�"す (to go across a mountain, to surmount a difficulty). (various references)

Pig Latin

urmountsay

Portuguese

superar (bear down, beat, better, cap, clear away, cope with, defeat, exceed, outgrow, outrival, overcome, overmatch, paragon, ride out, surpass, vanquish), sobrepujar (bang, lick, outdo, surpass, top), vencer (bear down, clear away, defeat, lick, outdo, outrival, overcome, overmatch, overpass, overpower, subdue, subjugate, triumph, vanquish, whop, win), transpor (bestride, clear, convert, cross, go beyond, jump, overjump, overleap, overpass, pass, put across, stride, transfer, transpose), encimar (top), dominar (come over, command, conquer, control, cover, dominate, domineer, enthral, enthrall, govern, have command of, lick, live out, lord, manage, master, outmatch, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, quell, rein, rein in, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, subject, subjugate, vanquish, wield), coroar (cap, coronate, crown, diadem, garland, king, top). (various references)

Romanian

trece peste (bestride, bridge, clear, draw, get over, go over, jump, override, overrule, overrun, pass over, span, stride, tread), birui (conquer, defeat, drub, master, overbear, overcome, overpower, subdue, vanquish, win), învinge (beat, best, break through, circumvent, conquer, defeat, discomfit, dispose, drub, flog, floor, get the better of, knock, master, overcome, overmaster, overpower, pull through, reason down, thrash, vanquish, whip, win, win over, worst). (various references)

Russian 

преодолевать (bear down, break out of, cope, get over, get round, overcame, overcome). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

savladati (cope, defeat, fight down, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, scale, vanquish). (various references)

Spanish

superar a (beat, outreach, overbear, surpass), zanjar el problema (have it out with, resolve a problem), vencer a (overwhelm, pip, vanquish). (various references)

Swedish

höja sig över (rise above, top), övervinna (conquer, get over, overcome, vanquish, worst). (various references)

Turkish

yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, master, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, slam, smash, subjugate, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), halletmek (adjust, arrange, clear up, compound, dispatch, dispose of, dissolve, figure out, get things done, hurdle, lay on, lick, manage, overcome, polish off, resolve, solve, sort, sort out, Square, unriddle, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unzip, work out), aşmak (be in excess of, bestride, clear, defeat, exceed, go beyond, negotiate, outgo, outreach, overbrim, overlap, overrun, overstep, pass, pass beyond, pass over, stride, surpass, top, transcend, transgress), üzerinde olmak, üstesinden gelmek (accomplish, come through, cope, dope, dope out, fix, get over, get the better of, go over big, handle, hurdle, lick, overcome, polish off, tide over). (various references)

Ukrainian

перевалити, переборювати (bear, overpass, subdue, swallow down, tide over, wear down). (various references)

transcendere. (various references)

surmounter. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "surmount": surmountable, surmounted, surmounting, surmounts. (additional references)

Words containing "surmount": insurmountable, insurmountably. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Surmount" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sarmiento, Sermoneta, Syremont. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: nostrum, outruns, runouts, tumours.

-2 letters: mounts, mourns, mutons, outrun, runout, tumors, tumour.

-3 letters: morns, morts, mount, mourn, muons, muton, norms, notum, roust, routs, runts, snort, snout, storm, stour, strum, tonus, torus, tours, tumor, turns.

-4 letters: mons, morn, mors, mort, most, mots, muns, muon, must, muts, noms, norm, nous, nuts, onus, orts, ours, oust, outs.

+1 letter: surmounts.

+2 letters: outnumbers, surmounted.

+3 letters: surmounting, uncustomary.

+4 letters: monocultures, mournfullest, outmaneuvers, rambunctious, surmountable.

+5 letters: granulomatous, tremulousness, uncustomarily.