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# surmount

verb (surmount, surmounts, surmounted, surmounting)

«surmount» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To surmount is to get over or climb over something hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/#m1)
2. To surmount is to overcome a problem or difficulty. (formal, old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a hero tries to get past an obstacle, such as a wall or a difficult task; the word is more formal than «get over»

### Examples

- The horse tried to surmount the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/#x1)
- She surmounted her fear of the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/#x2)
- They surmounted every problem on the way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surmount» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surmount» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/surmount.html) on Mova free.