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Definition of “mount”

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1mount1 (maʊntPronunciation for mount1) 

Definitions

verb

  1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
  2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
  3. (intr) up io increase; accumulate  ⇒ excitement mounted 
  4. (tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support  ⇒ to mount a photograph to mount a slide 
  5. (tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse
  6. (of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation
  7. (tr) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production
  8. (tr) to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)
  9. (tr) military to prepare or launch (an operation)  ⇒ the Allies mounted an offensive 
  10. (tr) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
  11. (tr) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
  12. See mount guard

noun

  1. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
  2. the act or manner of mounting
  3. a horse for riding
  4. a slide used in microscopy
  5. philately 
    1. a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp
    2. another word for hinge (sense 5)

Alternative Forms

ˈmountable adjective ˈmounter noun

Word Origin

C16: from Old French munter,  from Vulgar Latin montāre  (unattested) from Latin monsmount²

Synonyms

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= launch, stage, prepare, deliver, set in motion
= increase, build, grow, swell, intensify, escalate, multiply,
= accumulate, increase, collect, gather, build up, pile up, amass, cumulate,
= ascend, scale, climb (up) go up, clamber up make your way up escalade,
= climb up on get on to, jump on to step aboard clamber up on
= get (up) on jump on, straddle, climb onto climb up on hop on to bestride, get on the back of get astride
= display, set, frame, set off,
= fit, place, set, position, set up, fix, secure, attach, install, erect, put in place put in position emplace,
= display, present, stage, prepare, put on, organize, get up, exhibit, put on display
= horse, steed,
= backing, setting, support, stand, base, mounting, frame, fixture, foil,

2mount2 (maʊntPronunciation for mount2) 

Definitions

noun

  1. a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names  ⇒ Mount Everest 
  2. (in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand

Word Origin

Old English munt,  from Latin mons  mountain, but influenced in Middle English by Old French mont

Mount

Definitions

a mountain on the border between Lebanon and SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon Range: represented the NE limits of Israeli conquests under Moses and Joshua. Height: 2814 m (9232 ft)
See Hermon

Translations

  • British English: mount Pronunciation for mount To mount a campaign or event means to organize it and make it take place.The police have mounted a campaign to discourage the use of guns.maʊnt VERB The police have mounted a campaign to discourage the use of guns.
  • Spanish: montar Pronunciation for montar v
  • French: monter Pronunciation for monter vt
  • German: besteigen Pronunciation for besteigen v
  • Chinese: 发起Pronunciation for 发起 v
  • Arabic: يَقُومُ بِPronunciation for يَقُومُ بِ vt
  • Portuguese: subirPronunciation for subir v
  • Russian: крепитьPronunciation for крепить v
  • Croatian: uspeti sePronunciation for uspeti se v
  • Czech: šlapatPronunciation for šlapat v vyšlapat
  • Danish: stigePronunciation for stige v
  • Dutch: stijgenPronunciation for stijgen v
  • Finnish: noustaPronunciation for nousta v
  • Greek: ανέρχομαιPronunciation for ανέρχομαι v
  • Italian: montarePronunciation for montare v
  • Japanese: のぼるPronunciation for のぼる v
  • Korean: 오르다Pronunciation for 오르다 v
  • Norwegian: bestigePronunciation for bestige v
  • Polish: wspiąć sięPronunciation for wspiąć się v wspinać się
  • Brazilian Portuguese: organizarPronunciation for organizar vt
  • European Spanish: montar Pronunciation for montar v
  • Swedish: bestigaPronunciation for bestiga v
  • Thai: ขึ้น ม้า ไต่เขาPronunciation for ขึ้น ม้า ไต่เขา v
  • Turkish: tırmanmakPronunciation for tırmanmak v
  • Vietnamese: trèo lênPronunciation for trèo lên v

Usage examples

  • Her reports are probably going to be even more accurate than the muffled crap we get from half the surveillances we mount.
    Val McDermid, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
  • In autoimmune diseases, immune cells mistakenly identify the body's own tissues as foreign and mount an inappropriate attack.
    New Scientist (2003)
  • A challenger more than once found a route to the lead subtly blocked as a Longden mount slowed.
    Globe and Mail (2003)
  • This has led some to speculate that biotechs may break their tether with the broader field of technology to mount a comeback.
    Glasgow Herald (2001)
  • None, however, could mount a serious argument against Nancy ' s two central points.
    Peter FitzSimons, NANCY WAKE (2002)

Commonness

All English words that begin with 'M'

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