MOUNT definition: 1. to gradually increase, rise, or get bigger: 2. to get on a horse, bicycle, etc. in order to…. Learn more.

1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs. 2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform. 3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals. 4. a. To furnish with a horse for riding.

If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place. The party announced it was mounting a major campaign of mass political protests.

A mount is a place from which something is supported or attached, usually in a raised position. In a broader sense, it can also refer to an act of climbing or ascending, especially on something larger such as a horse or a bicycle.

to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring. to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit.

To mount is to climb up something, like a ladder, or get on the back of something, like a horse. You can also mount something on another object, like a camera on a tripod or a sticker on a notebook.

Their troubles have continued to mount. The pressure mounted as the crisis continued. Costs can mount (up) very quickly.