surmount

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surmount

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▶ Function: verb [with object]

▶ Inflected forms: surmounts; surmounted; surmounting

▶Status: formal

▶ Meanings:

(1) to deal with (a problem or a difficult situation) successfully

-Women often have to surmount [=overcome] social barriers to advance their careers.>

-surmounting obstacles

(2) to be placed at the top of (something) — usually used as (be) surmounted

-a chain-link fence that is surmounted [=topped] by barbed wire

※ Derived form:

 ▶ surmountable adjective

▶Comparative and superlative forms: more surmountable; most surmountable

 -These setbacks are surmountable.