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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surmount \Sur*mount"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmounted; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Surmounting.] [OE. sourmounten, OF. surmonter,
     sormonter, F. surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See
     Sur-, and Mount, v. i.]
     1. To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas,
              overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. --Sir
                                                    W. Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or
        obstacles. --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To surpass; to exceed. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What surmounts the reach
              Of human sense I shall delineate.     --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surmount \Sur*mount"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmounted; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Surmounting.] [OE. sourmounten, OF. surmonter,
     sormonter, F. surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See
     Sur-, and Mount, v. i.]
     1. To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
  
              The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas,
              overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. --Sir
                                                    W. Raleigh.
  
     2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or
        obstacles. --Macaulay.
  
     3. To surpass; to exceed. --Spenser.
  
              What surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall
              delineate.                            --Milton.
  
     Syn: To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  surmount
       v 1: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his
            shyness" [syn: overcome, get over, subdue, master]
       2: be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown"
       3: reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" [syn:
           scale]
       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";
          "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass,
           outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, outperform]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surmount
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on;
  to overcome.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  surmount
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on;
  to overcome.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  surmount
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on;
  to overcome.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  surmount
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on;
  to overcome.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surmount
     Englanti vb.
     ylittää, voittaa, jättää jotain taakseen, päästä jonkin yli

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Surmount /səmˈaʊnt/
  إقهر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  surmount //səˈmaʊnt// //sɚˈmaʊnt// 
  превъзмогвам, преодолявам
  to get over; to overcome

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surmount /səmˈaʊnt/ 
  překonat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surmount /səmˈaʊnt/ 
  zdolat

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  surmount /səmˈaʊnt/
  
  ξεπερνώ, υπερβαίνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  surmount //səˈmaʊnt// //sɚˈmaʊnt// 
  jättää jotain taakseen, päästä jonkin yli, voittaa
  to get over; to overcome

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  surmount /səmˈaʊnt/ 
  1. विजय पाना या पार करना
        "She has to surmount this economic crisis."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  surmount /səmˈaʊnt/
  nadvisiti, prebroditi, savladati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  surmount //səˈmaʊnt// //sɚˈmaʊnt// 
  乗り越える
  to get over; to overcome

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  surmount //səˈmaʊnt// //sɚˈmaʊnt// 
  overvinne
  to get over; to overcome

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  surmount /səˈmaʊnt/ 
   1.  pokonać, uporać się (sth - z czymś)
   2.  [form]  wznosić się (sth - na czymś)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  surmount //səˈmaʊnt// //sɚˈmaʊnt// 
  överstiga
  to get over; to overcome

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  surmount /səmˈaʊnt/
  1. üstün gelmek, baskın çıkmak, galebe çalmak, hakkından gelmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/sɝˈmaʊnt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "surmount":
     beat, best, bestraddle, bestride, better, cap, clamber, clamber up,
     clear, climax, climb, climb over, climb up, command, conquer,
     consummate, crest, crown, culminate, deck, defeat, dominate, down,
     escalade, finish, floor, frost, head, hurdle, ice, leap, lick,
     look down upon, master, mount, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, outtop,
     over, overarch, overcome, overleap, overlook, overmaster,
     overmatch, overpower, overset, overshadow, overthrow, overtop,
     overturn, peak, prevail over, ramp, rise above, scale,
     scale the heights, scrabble up, scramble up, send flying, shin,
     shin up, shinny, silence, struggle up, surpass, terminate, throw,
     tip, top, top off, tower above, tower over, trip, trip up,
     triumph over, upclimb, upset, vault
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 战胜,超越;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 战胜,超越,克服

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