- surmountable
- adjective see surmount
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
surmountable
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Surmountable — Sur*mount a*ble, a. [Cf. F. surmontable.] Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable. {Sur*mount a*ble*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
surmountable — index possible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
surmountable — late 15c., from Anglo Fr. sormuntable; see SURMOUNT (Cf. surmount) + ABLE (Cf. able) … 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
surmountable — adjective 1. capable of being surmounted or overcome situations of measurable and surmountable danger • Ant: ↑insurmountable • Similar to: ↑conquerable, ↑superable • See Also: ↑conquerable … Useful english dictionary
surmountable — See surmount. * * * … Universalium
surmountable — adjective Describing something that can be overcome, defeatable. Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmoutable obstacles. See Also: surmount … Wiktionary
surmountable — Synonyms and related words: achievable, actable, assailable, attackable, attainable, beatable, compassable, conquerable, doable, expugnable, feasible, negotiable, operable, overcomable, penetrable, performable, practicable, practical, pregnable,… … Moby Thesaurus
surmountable — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. conquerable, beatable, attainable, able to be overcome … English dictionary for students
surmountable — sur mount·a·ble || sÉ™r maÊŠntÉ™bl /sÉ™ m adj. can be overcome, can be defeated … English contemporary dictionary
