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o·ver·come

overcome

 
 
pronunciation:
o vr kuhm
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: overcomes, overcoming, overcame, overcome
definition 1: to defeat or quell in a conflict; succeed in a struggle with.
With this bold plan of attack, they hoped to overcome the enemy.We'll have to overcome many obstacles in order to accomplish this goal.I think this is a problem we can easily overcome if we work together.
synonyms:
beat, conquer, defeat, master, surmount, vanquish
similar words:
best, break, down, lick, overpower, prostrate, quell, subdue, suppress, survive
definition 2: to cause to be weak or inactive, or to lose consciousness.
He struggled to speak, but the drug quickly overcame him.
synonyms:
overpower, overwhelm
similar words:
destroy, prostrate, weaken
definition 3: to emotionally overwhelm or render inarticulate.
We were overcome by the powerful images of suffering in the film.
synonyms:
overpower, overwhelm
similar words:
devastate, move, stun, touch, transport
definition 4: to equal and then surpass.
I overcame his lead on the last turn of the race.
synonyms:
catch up, overtake
similar words:
beat, outrun, outstrip, pass, top
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition: to win a victory.
We shall overcome.
synonyms:
conquer, prevail, win
similar words:
succeed, triumph
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)overcome easily, gradually, successfully
(v.)overcome + adverb someday
(v.)overcome + nounHelp addiction, adversity, alienation, anxiety, barrier, bias, boredom, challenge, childhood, constraint, crisis, deficiency, deficit, depression, despair, difficulty, dilemma, disability, disadvantage, discrimination, distrust, division, doubt, eating, emotion, evil, fatigue, fear, flaw, fragmentation, friction, gravity, grief, guilt, halftime, handicap, hardship, hostility, hunger, hurdle, ignorance, illness, impediment, impulse, inertia, inhibition, injury, instinct, isolation, legacy, limitation, loneliness, means, mistrust, objection, obstacle, odds, opposition, oppression, poverty, prejudice, presumption, problem, racism, rage, reluctance, resistance, sadness, separation, setback, shame, shock, shortage, shortcoming, shyness, sin, skepticism, stereotype, stigma, suspicion, syndrome, temptation, tendency, tragedy, trauma, urge, veto, weakness, worry [See all][See only the most frequent]
Word Parts  About this feature
The word overcome contains the following part: