mount

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Antonyms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 Related terms 1.5 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -aʊnt

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English < Old English munt < Latin mons (“‘a hill, mountain’”); from a root seen also in eminere (“‘to put out’”).

[edit] Noun

mount (plural mounts)

1. A mountain, as in Mount Everest
2. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse

   The rider climbed onto his mount.

3. The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division

   The General said he has 2,000 mounts.

4. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted, as the post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English mounten < Old French munter < Mediaeval Latin montare (“‘to mount, lit. go up hill’”) < Latin mons (“‘a hill, mountain’”); compare French monter.

[edit] Verb

to mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

1. To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.

   The rider mounted his horse.

2. To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post
3. (computing) To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system.
4. To get on top of an animal to mate.
5. (slang) to have sexual intercourse with someone, something.
6. To begin a military assault

   The General gave the order to mount the attack.

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[edit] Antonyms

• dismount
• demount
• usually unmount, sometimes dismount, rarely demount

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• amount
• mountain
• paramount
• surmount

[edit] External links

• mount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• mount at OneLook® Dictionary Search