In other words, physical obstacles, perhaps unknown to the original surveyor and engineer, will require alterations to be made in order to surmount them.
Source: tatoeba (289632)
Surmount
/sɚˈmaʊnt/
Synonyms for "surmount" (123 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
4 entriesovercome a challengescale a cliffscale an obstacletop a hill
Collocations
6 entriessurmount a barriersurmount a challengesurmount adversitysurmount an obstaclesurmount difficultiessurmount the problem
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Pioneering space observatories like Webb only come to fruition when dedicated individuals work together to surmount the challenge of building something that has never been done before.
Source: tatoeba (10072866)
There are many obstacles to surmount when translating literary texts.
Source: tatoeba (10245012)
The loss of public support will make it increasingly difficult for the populist leader to surmount growing opposition to his leftist policies.
Source: tatoeba (11989352)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.