surmountverb [ T ]
uk/səˈmaʊnt/us/sɚˈmaʊnt/formalsurmount verb [ T ] (DEAL WITH)
to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem:
They managed to surmount all opposition/objections to their plans.
There are still a few technical problems/obstacles/hurdles to be surmounted before the product can be put on sale to the public.
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Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- jump-start
- negotiate
- overcome
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- turn
- weather
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surmount verb [ T ] (BE ON TOP)
to be on top of something tall:
The central twelve-foot column is surmounted by a bronze angel with outspread wings.
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- crest
- edge
- framed
- fringe
- front
- head
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- skirt
- tip
- topmost
- vertex
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surmountable
adjective uk/səˈmaʊn.tə.bəl/us/sɚˈmaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/