to mount
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- verb
- /maʊnt/
- But social and political pressure continued to mount, and martial law was declared on 13 December 1981.
- mounting pressure
- mounting evidence
- mounting tension
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Watch on YouTubeSo anyway, it seems like right now the pressure continues to mount on Joe Biden.
- So anyway, it seems like right now the pressure continues to mount on Joe Biden.
- As the weeks passed, the bricks mounted and the hole got just a little bit smaller.
- Now we know why tensions between the pair kept mounting.
- Talks have failed, costs are soaring and pressure keeps mounting.
- But when he was trading stocks on the exchange, his losses could really mount up.
- We had, I mean, when we had kids pretty pretty soon, pretty early on and the responsibilities mount, you know, and you got to do both.
- How many betrayals, how many invalidations, how much loss, how much disrespect has to mount up before you walk?
- The problem arises when they mount up, because when they mount up, they get us closer and closer to what I call our personal stress threshold.
- And that's what's creating the ambient anxiety, which once it mounts up, starts to become this sort of source of just basic stress that's killing people.
- While tensions mounted, the Allies continue to be at a loss of what to do about the region and the mess that it was in in June.
- You know, new pressure mounts on Theresa May as university czar confesses to being porn addict, quote, UN quote.
- When you get inside, at some point, bro, ocean has mounted.
Examples
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We've got a mounting crisis in this country.
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So anyway, it seems like right now the pressure continues to mount on Joe Biden.
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There is mounting pressure on officials to help these boys by any means necessary.
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But after mounting pressure over the weekend, the decision was made to cancel the screening.
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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.
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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.
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Now the appeal of the populist has grown with mounting public discontent over the status quo in the West.
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As the tension in the room began to mount, everyone prepared for the final decision.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move to a higher position
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To become greater in amount or strength
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1.0
To move up using hands and feet, often with effort
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2.2
Rise to a higher level, for example prices or numbers
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4.5
To increase something gradually in stages
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4.0
To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky
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1.0
To rise or move to a higher position
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7.9
Become larger, as the moon does before it is full
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Compounds
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2.3
The highest mountain in the world on the border between Nepal and China, rising about 8,848 meters
- Literature
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4.6
The highest mountain in Greece that ancient Greeks thought was the home of the Greek gods
- Literature
7
6.2
A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
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3.0
The highest mountain in Africa, in northeastern Tanzania, that rises to 5,895 meters
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4.4
A volcano near Naples in southern Italy famous for its AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
3
4.9
A tall mountain in south-central Alaska that is the highest peak in North America
3
4.1
A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments
2
6.3
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
1
8.2
A mountain in central Greece linked with poetry, music and artistic inspiration
- Literature
1
8.5
A mountain in Jordan where Moses saw the Promised Land, also used as the name for hills and parks
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6.5
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 go up' or 'increase' comes directly from Old French monter 'to climb', so when something mounts it is 'climbing' higher over time.