In other words, physical obstacles, perhaps unknown to the original surveyor and engineer, will require alterations to be made in order to surmount them.
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Surmount
//sɚˈmaʊnt//
Synonyms for "surmount" (110 found)
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16 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- تَغَلَّبَ verb (to get over; to overcome)
- غلب verb (to get over; to overcome)
- قَهَر verb (to get over; to overcome)
- هزم verb (to get over; to overcome)
Bulgarian
2 entries- превъзмогвам verb (to get over; to overcome)
- преодолявам verb (to get over; to overcome)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 克服 verb (to get over; to overcome)
Czech
1 entries- překonat verb (to get over; to overcome)
Dutch
1 entries- overwinnen verb (to get over; to overcome)
Finnish
3 entries- jättää jotain taakseen verb (to get over; to overcome)
- päästä jonkin yli verb (to get over; to overcome)
- voittaa verb (to get over; to overcome)
French
1 entries- surmonter verb (to get over; to overcome)
German
1 entries- überwinden verb (to get over; to overcome)
Greek
3 entries- ξεπερνώ verb (to get over; to overcome)
- υπερβαίνω verb (to get over; to overcome)
- υπερνικώ verb (to get over; to overcome)
Hungarian
4 entries- felülkerekedik verb (to get over; to overcome)
- legyőz verb (to get over; to overcome)
- leküzd verb (to get over; to overcome)
- áthidal verb (to get over; to overcome)
Japanese
1 entries- 乗り越える verb (to get over; to overcome)
Latin
2 entries- superō verb (to get over; to overcome)
- ēluctor verb (to get over; to overcome)
Middle English
1 entries- surmounten verb (to get over; to overcome)
Norwegian
1 entries- overvinne verb (to get over; to overcome)
Polish
2 entries- przezwyciężać verb (to get over; to overcome)
- przezwyciężyć verb (to get over; to overcome)
Portuguese
1 entries- superar verb (to get over; to overcome)
Russian
2 entries- преодоле́ть verb (to get over; to overcome)
- преодолева́ть verb (to get over; to overcome)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- nadvísiti verb (to get over; to overcome)
- prebròditi verb (to get over; to overcome)
- prevládati verb (to get over; to overcome)
Swedish
1 entries- överstiga verb (to get over; to overcome)
Thai
1 entries- เอาชนะ verb (to get over; to overcome)
Turkish
1 entries- aşmak verb (to get over; to overcome)
Ukrainian
2 entries- перебо́рювати verb (to get over; to overcome)
- переборо́ти verb (to get over; to overcome)
Sample 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)
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