surmount
verb (used with object)
to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over.
surmounts
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present tense formof surmount (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Yet the show, now on view at the Brick through Sept. 19, is an achingly beautiful meditation on the difficulty of communication and the shared goodwill that intermittently, imperfectly, surmounts it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The line surmounts central Tacoma’s steep slope by climbing north of downtown, followed by a U-turn into Martin Luther King, Jr. Way South.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Each arrives at a version of freedom that surmounts the original constraints.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021
Name-recognition, either through the media or word-of-mouth within cadres of art collectors, surmounts all.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2017
The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
