surmountable


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sur·mount

(sər-mount′)
tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts
1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
2. To ascend to the top of; climb: surmount a hill.
3.
a. To place something above; top: The lintel was surmounted with a frieze.
b. To be above or on top of: The church steeple surmounts the square.
4. Obsolete To surpass or exceed in amount.
[Middle English surmonten, from Old French surmonter : sur-, sur- + monter, to mount; see mount1.]
sur·mount′a·ble adj.
sur·mount′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. surmountable - capable of being surmounted or overcome; "situations of measurable and surmountable danger"
conquerable - subject to being conquered or overcome; "knew her fears were ultimately conquerable"
insurmountable, unsurmountable - not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable disadvantages"
2. surmountable - capable of being surmounted
passable - able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable"
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Translations

surmountable

[sɜːˈmaʊntəbl] ADJ → superable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

surmountable

adj → überwindlich, zu überwinden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

surmountable

[sɜːˈmaʊntəbl] adj → sormontabile
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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