dismount
Americanverb (used without object)
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dismounts,
present (3rd person singular)
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dismounted,
past participle, past
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dismounting
present participle
verb (used with object)
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dismounts,
present (3rd person singular)
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dismounted,
past participle, past
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dismounting
present participle
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to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw.
The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
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to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc..
to dismount a picture.
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to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
noun
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an act or process of dismounting.
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Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
verb
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to get off a horse, bicycle, etc
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(tr) to disassemble or remove from a mounting
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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dismountsimple
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dismountssimple
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have dismountedperfect
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has dismountedperfect
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am dismountingprogressive
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are dismountingprogressive
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is dismountingprogressive
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have been dismountingperfect progressive
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has been dismountingperfect progressive
Past
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dismountedsimple
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had dismountedperfect
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was dismountingprogressive
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were dismountingprogressive
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had been dismountingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of dismount
1525–35; probably modeled on Medieval Latin dismontāre or Middle French desmonter. See dis- 1, mount 1
Explanation
To dismount is to get or climb off of something. An important part of learning to ride a horse is learning how to dismount. When you ride your bike to work, you'll have to dismount and lock it up before you go inside, and when a gymnast dismounts from the balance beam, she does it with a flourish, sometimes cartwheeling off the end — this move itself is called a dismount. Dismount combines the "opposite of" prefix dis- with the verb mount, or "get up on," from its Latin root mons, "mountain."
Example Sentences
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It means from September, cyclists will have to dismount through an area of around 30 streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
After a flawless run, McClenaghan's coach Luke Carson had his head on his hands just before the dismount.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Think Nadia Comaneci on the balance beam, Dick Fosbury flopping to victory in the high jump or Shun Fujimoto sticking his dismount from rings on a shattered knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Applied to TV, sticking the landing suggests that a finale is the equivalent of a vaulter’s dismount.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
He concludes the dismount, saying he’s glad we came, so that we could know how necessary it is to intervene aggressively.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Brooklyn Moors and Campbell stuck their dismounts en route to 9.900 scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
It’s around 1919 and Ernest is wearing his World War I uniform when he dismounts a train in Fairfax, an Oklahoma boomtown where luxury cars rumble down dirt roads.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
By now, he may have learned the wisdom of George Ball, the Kennedy administration diplomat who opposed the escalation of the Vietnam War: "He who rides the tiger cannot choose where he dismounts."
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
She has two tumbling pass dismounts named after her in the sport’s Code of Points.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
And they weren’t watching him because he was so good at doing dismounts from the parallel bars.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
A week later, in the Bruins’ home debut against Illinois, she dismounted early during a beam routine, scoring below a 9 for the first time in her career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
Borglum dismounted from his horse, climbed up the mountain face in an ascot, golf pants, and cowboy hat, and began to transform Rushmore into the political monument we know today.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
The Israeli troops dismounted and spread out in the yard, and began searching the basement and entering buildings.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
The huge effort took its toll as he dismounted and sat on the tarmac to get his breath back, before being congratulated by a Soudal Quick-Step teammate.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
He had dismounted from his robot, and was sitting, back against the cliff.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
She had no hesitation on her jumps and delivered controlled spins before dismounting in style, with just a small hop when landing.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
The key stunt in the franchise’s seventh installment involves Cruise driving a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff, dismounting and parachuting into a Norwegian valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
“You can give yourselves a hand,” shouted Olfa Mazouz, dismounting on the sidewalk.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
After dismounting from their horses due to the rugged terrain, they encountered three migrants and took them into custody as a fourth migrant started running downhill into a canyon.
From Fox News ● Feb. 23, 2022
Dumbledore had already crossed the crenellated ramparts and was dismounting; Harry landed next to him seconds later and looked around.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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