- 1surmount something to deal successfully with a difficulty synonym overcome She was well aware of the difficulties that had to be surmounted.
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- 2[usually passive] surmount something to be placed on top of something a high column surmounted by a statue
surmount
verbNAmE//sərˈmaʊnt//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they surmount he / she / it surmounts
past simple surmounted
-ing form surmounting
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