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to surmount a difficulty (an obstacle)

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  • surmount — ► VERB 1) overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). 2) stand or be placed on top of. DERIVATIVES surmountable adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • difficulty — /dif i kul tee, keuhl tee/, n., pl. difficulties. 1. the fact or condition of being difficult. 2. Often, difficulties. an embarrassing situation, esp. of financial affairs. 3. a trouble or struggle. 4. a cause of trouble, struggle, or… …   Universalium

  • surmount — verb 1》 overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). 2》 stand or be placed on top of. Derivatives surmountable adjective Origin ME (also in the sense surpass ): from OFr. surmonter (see sur 1, mount1) …   English new terms dictionary

  • surmount — v.tr. 1 overcome or get over (a difficulty or obstacle). 2 (usu. in passive) cap or crown (peaks surmounted with snow). Derivatives: surmountable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF surmonter (as SUR (1), MOUNT(1)) …   Useful english dictionary

  • difficulty — difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude are synonyms only when they mean something which demands effort and endurance if it is to be overcome or one s end achieved. Difficulty, the most widely applicable of these terms, applies to any condition …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • surmount — verb Surmount is used with these nouns as the object: ↑difficulty, ↑obstacle …   Collocations dictionary

  • difficulty — dif•fi•cul•ty [[t]ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌl ti, kəl ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the fact or condition of being difficult 2) Often, difficul•ties. an embarrassing situation, esp. of financial affairs 3) a trouble or struggle 4) a cause of trouble, struggle, or… …   From formal English to slang

  • overcome — (v.) O.E. ofer cuman to reach, overtake, also to conquer, prevail over, from ofer (see OVER (Cf. over)) + cuman to come (see COME (Cf. come) (v.)). A common Germanic compound (Cf. M.Du. overkomen, O.H.G. ubarqueman, Ger. überkommen). In re …   Etymology dictionary

  • surmountable — surmount ► VERB 1) overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). 2) stand or be placed on top of. DERIVATIVES surmountable adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • Success — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Success >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 success success successfulness Sgm: N 1 speed speed Sgm: N 1 advance advance &c.(progress) 282 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 trump card trump card Sgm: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • tide — tide1 tideful, adj. tideless, adj. tidelessness, n. tidelike, adj. /tuyd/, n., v., tided, tiding. n. 1. the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about… …   Universalium

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