to mount
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- verb
- /maʊnt/
- The team is ready to mount a campaign to raise awareness about climate change.
- mount a campaign
- mount an attack
- mount a response
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Watch on YouTubeStill, the French and Serbian troops bravely mounted defenses throughout October.
- Still, the French and Serbian troops bravely mounted defenses throughout October.
- And I think she will mount a more robust challenge to Donald Trump.
- Now, as we mount this resistance, who should we be listening to?
- OK, on the count of cringe, AIEN, would you like to mount a defense, please?
- And, and we're also mounting film projects.
- And I wrote the ballet that's in the film that I actually want to mount aside from the actual film.
- We've, we've, we've mounted our galleys, we've invaded the distant shore.
- This was Bill's largest position, and according to the indictment, he mounted a massive offensive to boost Viacom, attempting to overpower the market.
- You know, they're willing to mount these idiotic kinds of campaigns against faculty speech, let's say, because they don't really care about getting sued.
- And, you know, but we eventually were able to put mount a serious effort that Kennedy started.
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Mike was lost in the desert, so they mounted this huge rescue effort.
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The Zelaya government mounted arguably the most powerful challenge to this state of affairs.
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With you we could mount a real defense.
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Anything that would make you believe they could mount a strike like this?
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Now, as we mount this resistance, who should we be listening to?
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So will we have the courage to mount our own quiet revolution?
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And I think she will mount a more robust challenge to Donald Trump.
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This is called mounting an offensive.
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He doesn't want to mount a presidential campaign in four weeks.
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Starting in 2009, strong grassroots resistance has been mounting against the growing "crimmigration" system.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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2.8
To organize and present an event or show
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Offer strong resistance, for example by fighting
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To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal
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To begin a determined public campaign to change something
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The highest mountain in the world on the border between Nepal and China, rising about 8,848 meters
- Literature
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The highest mountain in Greece that ancient Greeks thought was the home of the Greek gods
- Literature
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A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
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The highest mountain in Africa, in northeastern Tanzania, that rises to 5,895 meters
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A volcano near Naples in southern Italy famous for its AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
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A tall mountain in south-central Alaska that is the highest peak in North America
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A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments
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A mountain ridge by the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel with important biblical history
A national park in Washington state with a high volcano, glaciers, and mountain lakes
- Literature
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A mountain in central Greece linked with poetry, music and artistic inspiration
- Literature
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A mountain in Jordan where Moses saw the Promised Land, also used as the name for hills and parks
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The highest mountain in Mexico, an inactive volcano between Mexico City and Veracruz
Former official name of Tajikistan's highest peak, now called Ismoil Somoni Peak
- New Zealand
A New Zealand plant with large white flowers that comes back each year in mountains
The second highest mountain in the world on the border of Pakistan and China, called K2
- Specialized
A system that lets computers write files to writable CDs in the background and fix bad parts on the disc
A Roman Catholic religious group that dates from the 1100s and is devoted to the Virgin Mary and prayer
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Etymology
Mount meaning 'to organize and begin' comes from the sense of 'setting up' or 'raising' in Old French monter 'to climb' or 'set up'. So to mount a campaign is to put it 'in place' and start it.