Vocabulary
Mount
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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In such an event, pressure will mount on Trump to stop.In the haze of war, there will obviously be morequestions than answers to start with.
Dawn Editorials —
What next after Iran?
— 2026-03-01
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Having exhausted diplomatic avenues, Pakistani officials felt the only option was to mount sustained pressure on Kabul to make it change course.
Dawn Editorials —
Frozen relationship
— 2026-02-16
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This is significant as a number of Iran`s neighbours host thousands of American troops, and these states realise that if their territory is used to mount fresh aggression, regional US bases will become targets for Iran.
Dawn Editorials —
No appetite for war
— 2026-01-29
Synonyms
go up, ascend, climb, climb up, scale, clamber up, make one’s way up,
Curator example
“he mounted the steps”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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