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# surmount

«surmount» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get over or climb over something hard** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (surmount, surmounts, surmounted, surmounting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To surmount is to get over or climb over something hard. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/#m2)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surmount» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surmount/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.