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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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
Instead its primary struggle is with consistency of feeling, the main flaw in a production that otherwise surmounts the foremost challenges presented by Heller’s writing structure.
From Salon ● May 18, 2019
But when the Red Woman reminds her that she’s been training very nearly her whole life for this, she surmounts her fear.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
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
