overcome
IPA: ˈoʊvɝkʌm
noun
- (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
- (Scotland) A surplus.
verb
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- (intransitive) To prevail.
- (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over
- (transitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- (obsolete) To overflow; to surcharge.
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Examples of "overcome" in Sentences
- She will overcome her hydrophobia.
- Can he overcome that preconception
- It is your ability to overcome the ruth.
- The request was to overcome the oversight.
- At length the hostility of the princes was overcome.
- A signal that overcomes the inhibition on the next neuron.
- Sometimes, the robber was overcome, and sometimes the laborer.
- It was designed to overcome the severe congestion on the island.
- Polo's response to perplexity gravitates on the need to overcome such limits.
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