mounting
/ˈmaʊntɪŋ/
mounting adjective: that continues to mount; steadily rising or accumulating. Also the present participle and gerund of mount.
Adjective
mounting (not comparable)
- That continues to mount; steadily rising or accumulating.
- mounting debts
- steadily mounting losses
Noun
mounting (plural mountings)
- Something mounted to support something; an attachment.
- The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
- That particular plane must have hit an obstruction that ripped its undercarriage right off its mountings, to leave it suspended beneath.2021, Gerald Sherwood, Bomber Command Pilot
- The act of one who mounts.
- The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.1834, John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales
Also used as
mounting is also the present participle and gerund of mount.
mounting meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
mounting in Marathi
- आरोहित करणे
mounting in Urdu
- ماؤنٹنگ, ماونٹنگ
mounting in Bengali
- মাউন্ট করা হচ্ছে, মাউন্টিং
mounting in Telugu
- మౌంట్ చేయడం, మౌంటు చేయడం
More languagesFewer languages
- mounting in Malayalam
- മൌണ്ടിംഗ്, മൌണ്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നു, മൌണ്ടിങ്
- mounting in Kannada
- ಆರೋಹಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ
- mounting in Punjabi
- ਮਾਊਂਟਿੰਗ
- mounting in Odia
- ମାଉଣ୍ଟିଂ
- mounting in Nepali
- माउन्ट गर्दै, माउन्टिंग, माउन्टिङ
- mounting in Persian
- فزاینده fazâyande
Examples of mounting in a sentence
- Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled.
- The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.
- Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
Forms of mounting
| plural | mountings |
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Origin of mounting
From mount + -ing.
Words formed from mounting
Phrases with mounting
Words that rhyme with mounting
Questions about mounting
- What does mounting mean?
- Mounting means that continues to mount; steadily rising or accumulating.
- What is mounting in Marathi?
- Mounting in Marathi is आरोहित करणे. See Mounting meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is mounting?
- Mounting can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce mounting?
- Mounting is pronounced /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/.
Words near mounting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mounting (page history and authors); mounting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mounting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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