surmount

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
  2. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top of.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/səˈmaʊnt/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.

Verbeter je uitspraak

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes