overcome

  • 21overcome — verb past tense overcame / keIm/ past participle overcome 1 to control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something: He struggled to overcome his shyness. 2 (I, T) to fight and win against someone or something: They overcame… …

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  • 22overcome — [c]/oʊvəˈkʌm / (say ohvuh kum) verb (overcame, overcome, overcoming) –verb (t) 1. to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat. 2. to prevail over (opposition, objections, temptations, etc.). 3. to surmount (difficulties, etc.) …

  • 23overcome — verb (overcame; come; coming) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ofercuman, from ofer over + cuman to come Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to get the better of ; surmount < overcome difficulties > …

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  • 24overcome — verb (past overcame; past participle overcome) succeed in dealing with (a problem). ↘defeat. ↘(of an emotion) overwhelm (someone) …

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  • 25overcome — 1. verb 1) we overcame the home team Syn: defeat, beat, conquer, trounce, thrash, rout, vanquish, overwhelm, overpower, get the better of, triumph over, prevail over, win over/against, outdo, outclass, worst, crush …

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  • 26overcome — 1. verb he overcame his pain Syn: conquer, defeat, beat, prevail over, control, get/bring under control, master, get the better of; informal lick, best 2. adjective she was overcome with excitement Syn: overwhelmed, moved, affect …

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  • 27overcome — o•ver•come [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm[/t]] v. came, come, com•ing 1) to get the better of in a struggle or conflict 2) to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.) 3) to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind: overcome by smoke[/ex] 4) to&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28overcome — As used in a statute providing that a presumption may be overcome by other evidence, this term is not synonymous with overbalance or outweigh, but requires merely that such evidence counterbalance the presumption, where the party relying on it&#8230; …

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  • 29overcome — v. (past came; past part. come) 1 tr. prevail over, master, conquer. 2 tr. (as overcome adj.) a exhausted, made helpless. b (usu. foll. by with, by) affected by (emotion etc.). 3 intr. be victorious. Etymology: OE ofercuman (as OVER , COME) …

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  • 30Overcome (Alexandra Burke album) — Overcome Studio album by …

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