dismount

B2 Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /dɪsˈmaʊnt/ UK /dɪsˈmaʊnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #21809

Meanings

1

verb
to get off, or cause someone to get off, a horse, bicycle, or other thing being ridden

The rider slowed before she tried to dismount from the horse.
2

verb
to remove something from its mounting or make a mounted storage device unavailable

Please dismount the external drive before unplugging it.
3

noun
the movement of leaving a ridden object or detaching from gymnastics apparatus

The gymnast finished the routine with a controlled dismount.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to get off, or cause... get offalightunhorse

2 verb · to remove something from... unmountdetach

3 noun · the movement of leaving a... descent landing

Opposites

mount board

Word family

Forms dismounteddismounting

Derived forms dismountabledismounter

Related forms mount rider landing detach

Etymology

From dis- + mount, probably modeled on Old French desmonter ("to come down; unhorse"). The computing sense extends the physical idea: a storage volume is detached from the filesystem rather than from a literal support.

Topics

Verbs of Movement

External links

# dismount

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈmaʊnt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈmaʊnt/
**Frequency rank:** 21809

## Meanings
1. to get off, or cause someone to get off, a horse, bicycle, or other thing being ridden
2. to remove something from its mounting or make a mounted storage device unavailable
3. the movement of leaving a ridden object or detaching from gymnastics apparatus

## Examples
- The rider slowed before she tried to dismount from the horse.
- Please dismount the external drive before unplugging it.
- The gymnast finished the routine with a controlled dismount.

## Synonyms
- get off
- alight
- unmount
- detach

## Antonyms
- mount
- board

## Derived Forms
- dismountable
- dismounter

## Related Forms
- mount
- rider
- landing
- detach

## Etymology
From dis- + mount, probably modeled on Old French desmonter ("to come down; unhorse"). The computing sense extends the physical idea: a storage volume is detached from the filesystem rather than from a literal support.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

markdown