mount

CEFRB1

/maʊnt/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To climb onto or get on something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A support or frame holding something in place.

Examples

  • Mount Everest is, so to speak, the roof of the world.

  • The pressure for change continued to mount.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [mãʊ̃(n)ʔ]
  • [maʊnʔ]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.

  2. Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A hill or mountain.

More examples

In context

  • We are going to mount a hill near our school this Sunday.

  • The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.

  • The rider climbed onto his mount.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.