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Meanings of surmount in English

Portuguese
superar
Catalan
superar
Spanish
superar

Be or do something to a greater degree.

      superar
      Portuguese
      superar
      Catalan
      vèncer
      Spanish
      superar

      Get on top of; deal with successfully.

            superar

            Reach the highest point of.

                  Usage of surmount in English
                  1
                  But, SADC could work with global financial institutions to surmount this challenge.
                  The South African
                  2
                  Occupational therapists helped participants to identify feasible ways to surmount physical limitations.
                  Reuters
                  3
                  He met the half difficulty; we have to surmount the whole one.
                  The English Constitution
                  4
                  With this they were to surmount the stockade and gain the open.
                  Captain Blood
                  5
                  However, we will not despair; virtue and resolution will surmount all obstacles.
                  The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story
                  6
                  The one is adventure, and the other is an obstacle to surmount.
                  The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
                  7
                  Federal administrators could not be expected to surmount the mud or sand.
                  The Tyranny Of Words
                  8
                  Perseverance and practice only will enable the novice to surmount this pain.
                  The Journey to the Polar Sea
                  9
                  The absolute want of room is an evil that nothing can surmount.
                  Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
                  10
                  How to surmount that overhanging impediment completely posed me for the time.
                  Redburn. His First Voyage / Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and...
                  11
                  They had floods to surmount and many a howling tempest to out-endure.
                  1492
                  12
                  Formally attired Japanese holidaymakers surround us excitedly as we surmount the guardrail.
                  The Irish Times
                  13
                  This becomes an obstacle which, during all the future, he cannot surmount.
                  The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
                  14
                  You may surmount one calumny, but others will follow at its heels.
                  The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent / A Complete Co...
                  15
                  What woman's love could surmount this birth of mine, these empty pockets?
                  The Grey Cloak
                  16
                  The third pitch heads right, to surmount a giant, very detached flake.
                  Climbing Magazine
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                  Translations for surmount
                  Surmount through the time
                  Surmount across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common