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• v  get on top of; deal with successfully
• v  be on top of
  The scarf surmounted the gown
• v  reach the highest point of
• v  be or do something to a greater degree

• Surely, as the Obama campaign unveils Biden to the world, they are little concerned about his ability to surmount the primary hurdle that any potential vice president must get .
• This makes it easier to legislate and easier to surmount problems.
• On the contrary, his prayer hinted at the struggle within, how Obama is seeking divine guidance to surmount the obstacles that lie ahead of him in his lonely, awesome challenge to .

• overcome
• get over
• subdue
• master
• scale
• surpass
• outstrip
• outmatch
• outgo
• exceed
• outdo
• outperform

News & Articles

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• Oh the places we’ll go: Humana director offers glimpse of what faster data access could do for healthcare
  One of the most vexing questions in healthcare is figuring out how to surmount the IT obstacles between providers that slow down the the exchange of data between health systems and patients. But what would be the ideal if you were to make more medical data accessible? In an interview at the ENGAGE conference in [...]
  June 8, 2013 - MedCity News
• In 50 Years, Huge Strides for Gay-Rights Movement
  Over 50 years, local activists helped gay-rights movement surmount setbacks, make huge gains        
  June 8, 2013 - ABC News

Quotes

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• Wayne Clough in FOXNews
  I know the Smithsonian has challenges,Clough said at a news conference in Washington. "We will surmount those challenges fairly quickly and move on."
• Barack Obama in New York Times (blog)
  While prayer can buck us up when we are down, keep us calm in a storm, while prayer can stiffen our spines to surmount an obstacle - and I assure you, I'm praying a lot these days - prayer can also do something else,Mr. Obama said. "It can...