mounting

[moun-ting]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that mounts. mount.

2. something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like.

   a new mounting for an heirloom jewel.

mounting

/ ˈmaʊntɪŋ /

noun

1. another word for mount 1

Other Word Forms

• unmounting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mounting¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; mount ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

We look at whether the numbers back Chelsea's chances of mounting a sustained title challenge.

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Rage over so-called ghost flood-control projects has been mounting for months in the archipelago country of 116 million, where entire towns have been buried in floodwaters driven by powerful typhoons in recent months.

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For now, the revelations leave the White House with mounting questions — and the families of the dead without answers.

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Greece has put the greater Athens area and two islands on a water emergency footing, to speed up infrastructure works and address the mounting threat of chronic drought.

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Northvolt was seen as a cornerstone in European efforts to catch up with Chinese battery producers before production delays and its mounting debts led it to declare bankruptcy in March.

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