Meaning of mount In English

• 0 to gradually increase, rise, or get bigger:

  • The children's excitement is mounting as Christmas gets nearer.

• 1 to get on a horse, bicycle, etc.. in order to ride:

  • She mounted her horse and rode off.

• 2 to go up or onto:

  • He mounted the platform and began to speak to the assembled crowd.

  • formal Queen Elizabeth II mounted the throne (= became queen) in 1952.

• 3 to organize and begin an activity or event:

  • to mount an attack/campaign/challenge/protest

  • to mount an exhibition/display

• 4 to fix something to a wall, in a frame, etc., so that it can be looked at or used:

  • The children's work has been mounted on coloured paper and put up on the walls of the classroom.

  • The surveillance camera is mounted above the main door.

• 5 to place someone on guard:

  • Sentries are mounted outside the palace at all times.

  • Armed security officers are employed to mount guard over the president.

• 6 a horse:

  • an excellent mount for a child

• 7 something, such as a piece of card, that you put something on to show it:

  • A black mount for this picture would look good.

• 8 used as part of the name of a mountain:

  • Mount Everest

  • Mount Hood

• 9 to get onto something:

  • [ T ] The winners mounted the podium.

  • [ I ] When the horses were saddled we mounted up and rode away.

• 10 to go up something:

  • Reaching the porch, he mounted the steps.

• 11 to increase, rise, or get bigger:

  • Excitement mounted as the racers neared the finish.

  • Watch what you eat, because those calories really mount up.

• 12 to prepare and produce; to organize:

  • He has the support needed to mount a successful campaign.

• 13 to attach something to something else so that it can be seen:

  • Don’s planning to mount these photographs.

• 14 (used esp. as part of the name of a place) a high hill or mountain:

  • Mount Saint Helens

  • Mt. Fuji

• 15 to gradually increase, rise, or get bigger:

  • The pressure is mounting on the policy makers to reach a decision.