surmountable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

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adj

"Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles."
"A spokesman for South Western Railway told RAIL that all the issues were surmountable, and that it was continuing to work with both the train supplier and the union to bring the trains into service."

Etymology tree English surmount Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English surmountable From surmount + -able.

more surmountable (comparative) most surmountable (superlative)

surmountableness unsurmountable

insurmountable

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What does surmountable mean?

Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.

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