mounting

Growing steadily in amount, number, or strength.

• They faced mounting debts.
• Mounting pressure forced the minister to resign.
• There is mounting evidence that the treatment works.

Similar words: increasing, growing, rising

Opposites: decreasing, diminishing

Common phrases: mounting pressure, mounting debts, mounting evidence, mounting concern

The act of climbing onto something, or fixing something onto a support.

• Mounting a horse takes practice.
• The mounting of the photographs was done by hand.
• Careful mounting prevents the equipment from moving.

How to use it: the mounting of something (The mounting of the equipment took several hours.)

Common phrases: mounting a horse, mounting of equipment, mounting of pictures

A part that holds another object firmly in place.

• The mounting holds the camera steady.
• One of the engine mountings has broken.
• Check that the wall mounting is secure.

How to use it: a mounting for something (We need a stronger mounting for the camera.)

Similar words: mount, support, bracket

Common phrases: engine mounting, wall mounting, camera mounting