surmounted

«surmounted» in Mova's school dictionary: got over or overcome — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (past form of surmount: surmounted; also used as an adjective: surmounted by)

meaning for a pupil

1) Surmounted means got over or overcome. tree →

2) Surmounted by means having something placed on top, such as a crown on a tower. tree →

sense in the lessons

in descriptions, an object is described as sitting on top of another thing; the word is formal and old-fashioned

examples

• The hill was surmounted by a tall tower. tree →
• His hat was surmounted by a red feather. tree →
• The gate was surmounted with stone birds. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «surmounted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.