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to mount

to mount

85 3.6
To increase or grow over time
  • verb
  • /maʊnt/
translation icon : aumentar
  • But social and political pressure continued to mount, and martial law was declared on 13 December 1981.
  • mounting pressure
  • mounting evidence
  • mounting tension

So anyway, it seems like right now the pressure continues to mount on Joe Biden.

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Examples

  • We've got a mounting crisis in this country.

  • So anyway, it seems like right now the pressure continues to mount on Joe Biden.

  • There is mounting pressure on officials to help these boys by any means necessary.

  • But after mounting pressure over the weekend, the decision was made to cancel the screening.

  • Meanwhile, diverse pressures have mounted within the United States for a change of policy.

    Academic text (1991)
  • As the cars take to the field, you can feel the anticipation mounting in the audience.

  • As American producers followed suit, the result was a mounting trade deficit with Japan.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Frustrations due to delays continued to mount both within the Galician community and in the Xunta.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Now the appeal of the populist has grown with mounting public discontent over the status quo in the West.

  • As the tension in the room began to mount, everyone prepared for the final decision.

Synonyms

to rise
vsto mount
904 1.0

To become greater in amount or strength

is a gradual steady advance rather than any sudden jump
to go up
vsto mount
442 1.0

To move to a higher position

focuses on gradual steady increase rather than simple upward movement
to lift
vsto mount
220 1.0

To rise or move to a higher position

means gradual self-driven advance rather than help from outside
to climb
vsto mount
146 2.2

Rise to a higher level, for example prices or numbers

is steady upward advance rather than a rise tied to effort
to climb up
vsto mount
127 1.0

To move up using hands and feet, often with effort

highlights steady increase rather than physical effort
to ramp
vsto mount
57 4.5

To increase something gradually in stages

is steady upward movement rather than staged increases
to ascend
vsto mount
54 4.0

To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky

refers to gradual increase over time rather than physical upward movement
to wax
vsto mount
  • Literature
14 7.9

Become larger, as the moon does before it is full

is a neutral steady increase rather than mainly poetic growth

Antonyms

201 3.7

To become less in size, importance, or value

Phrasal Verbs

7 4.0

To get onto the back of an animal like a horse to ride it

To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal

Attach a camera firmly to a stand or other support

Compounds

10 2.3

The highest mountain in the world on the border between Nepal and China, rising about 8,848 meters

A mountain in South Dakota with the carved faces of four US presidents

Sermon on the Mount
  • Literature
5 6.2

A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke

4 4.1

A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments

Mount Olympus
  • Literature
1 4.6

The highest mountain in Greece that ancient Greeks thought was the home of the Greek gods

The highest mountain in Africa, in northeastern Tanzania, that rises to 5,895 meters

A tall mountain in south-central Alaska that is the highest peak in North America

A volcano near Naples in southern Italy famous for its AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum

1 7.3

A hill in Jerusalem with ancient sacred sites often used to mean the city

A mountain ridge by the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel with important biblical history

Former official name of Tajikistan's highest peak, now called Ismoil Somoni Peak

Mount Cook lily
  • New Zealand
8.6

A New Zealand plant with large white flowers that comes back each year in mountains

A high mountain in southwest Washington in the Cascade Range

A piece of land in the northeast of Greece with many Greek Orthodox monasteries

A sleeping volcano in central Honshu, Japan, that is the country's highest peak

The second highest mountain in the world on the border of Pakistan and China, called K2

Mount Parnassus
  • Literature
8.2

A mountain in central Greece linked with poetry, music and artistic inspiration

Mount Pisgah
  • Literature
8.5

A mountain in Jordan where Moses saw the Promised Land, also used as the name for hills and parks

A national park in Washington state with a high volcano, glaciers, and mountain lakes

Mount Rainier
  • Specialized
7.2

A system that lets computers write files to writable CDs in the background and fix bad parts on the disc

A nickname for the United States state South Dakota

The highest mountain in Mexico, an inactive volcano between Mexico City and Veracruz

A group of four people seen as the most important in a field

An active volcano in western Washington known for its 1980 eruption

Mount Tacoma
  • Archaic
7.9

An old name for Mount Rainier, a high mountain in Washington State

A Roman Catholic religious group that dates from the 1100s and is devoted to the Virgin Mary and prayer

A modern speech or document treated as a complete moral guide

How Much

to soar
96 3.4
climb
100 1.6
to mount
85 3.6
to rise
904 1.0
to increase
1.0

Surface Forms

mount infinitive
mounted past
mounted past participle
mounting present participle
mounts third person singular

Etymology

Mount meaning 'to go up' or 'increase' comes directly from Old French monter 'to climb', so when something mounts it is 'climbing' higher over time.