mount
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to mount stairs.
- Synonyms:
- scale
- Antonyms:
- descend
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to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
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to set or place at an elevation.
to mount a house on stilts.
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to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
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to set or place (a person) on horseback.
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to organize, as an army.
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to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
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to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
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(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
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to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
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to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc..
to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
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to arrange for display.
to mount a museum exhibit.
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to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
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to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
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(of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
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Microscopy.
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to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
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to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.
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verb (used without object)
noun
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the act or a manner of mounting.
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a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
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an act or occasion of riding a horse, especially in a race.
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a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
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an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
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Microscopy. a prepared slide.
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a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
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Philately. hinge.
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Printing. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.
noun
verb
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to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
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to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
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io increase; accumulate
excitement mounted
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(tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support
to mount a photograph
to mount a slide
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(tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse
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(of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation
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(tr) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production
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(tr) to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)
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(tr) military to prepare or launch (an operation)
the Allies mounted an offensive
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(tr) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
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(tr) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
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See guard
noun
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a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
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the act or manner of mounting
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a horse for riding
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a slide used in microscopy
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philately
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a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp
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another word for hinge
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noun
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a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names
Mount Everest
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(in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand
Related Words
See climb.
Other Word Forms
- mountable adjective
- mounter noun
- mountless adjective
- unmountable adjective
Etymology
Origin of mount1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mounten, from Old French munter, monter, Vulgar Latin (unattested) montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns ) mount 2
Origin of mount2
First recorded before 900; Middle English mount(e), mont, munt(e), Old English munt “mount, hill, mountain,” from Latin mont- (inflectional stem of mōns ) “mountain, hill”
Example Sentences
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Speculation had mounted that he might use the first State of the Union speech of his second term, before Congress on Tuesday, to announce an attack.
From Barron's
The results are Romantic landscapes in miniature, with the variegation of the stone transforming into fields, skies and mountains whose beauty is further enhanced by the delicate metalwork in which they’re mounted.
But there is mounting evidence that tariffs are increasing prices, even if not by the levels that economists initially assumed.
From Barron's
However, within the tech community there is mounting support for Anthropic's leader.
From BBC
Technology stocks have borne the brunt of investors’ skepticism, as concerns mount about stretched valuations and AI’s impact on corporate earnings.
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