surmount
/sɚˈmaʊnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art"
- "There are two realms: that of divine powers, another of the metadivine.¹ Even the gods are depicted as calling upon metadivine forces to surmount their own predestined limitations."
- "Burkina Fasoan legislation surmounts one more step which sees in the organ created in this country and designated as the Superior Council of Information (S.C.I.), " an administrative authority"."
- "The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves."
- "The ovolo surmounting the dentil course generally turns the corner by means of a carved acanthus leaf, the decorated cyma and cyma reversa being similarly treated at the corner."
Etymology
From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɚˈmaʊnt/
- British English: /səˈmaʊnt/