Words / B1

MOWNT/maʊnt/

To mount is to organise and begin a campaign, attack, or exhibition, or to go up. Launch is a close twin for campaigns. Mountain is already in the dictionary. Residents: mount a campaign against night flights.

Meaning

To organise and begin a campaign, attack, or exhibition; also to go up.

Examples

• “Residents will mount a campaign against the night flights.”
• “Costs mounted after the delay, which is the “increase” sense.”

Good to know

mount a campaign / challenge / exhibition. Close: launch. Also: costs mount. Planning / sport (mount a horse). Not a mountain.

Near in meaning

launch

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