What does overcome mean?
Definitions for overcome
ˌoʊ vərˈkʌmover·come
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Princeton's WordNet
get the better of, overcome, defeatverb
win a victory over
"You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, masterverb
get on top of; deal with successfully
"He overcame his shyness"
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
get the best, have the best, overcomeverb
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
"Heart disease can get the best of us"
Wiktionary
overcomeverb
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
overcomeverb
To win (a battle).
overcomeverb
To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
We shall overcome.
overcomeverb
To overwhelm with emotion.
Etymology: From overcomen, from ofercuman, corresponding to. Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Overcomeverb
pret. I overcame; part. pass. overcome;
Etymology: overcomen, Dutch.
They overcommen, were deprived
Of their proud beauty, and the one moiety
Transformed to fish, for their bold surquedry. Edmund Spenser.This wretched woman, overcome
Of anguish rather than of crime hath been. Edmund Spenser.Of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2 Pet. ii. 19.
Fire by thicker air o’ercome,
And downward forc’d in earth’s capacious womb,
Alters its particles; is fire no more. Matthew Prior.Th’ unfallow’d glebe
Yearly o’ercomes the granaries with stores. Philips.Can’t such things be,
And overcome us like a summer’s cloud,
Without our special wonder? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.To Overcomeverb
To gain the superiority.
That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Rom. iii. 4.
Freebase
Overcome
Overcome is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band, All That Remains. It was released on September 16, 2008. Overcome is the first and only album by All That Remains that was not produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, as well as the first with the band's current drummer, Jason Costa.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Overcome
ō-vėr-kum′, v.t. to get the better of: to conquer or subdue: (obs.) to spread over, surcharge.—v.i. to be victorious.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'overcome' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3677
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'overcome' in Verbs Frequency: #528
Anagrams for overcome »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of overcome in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of overcome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of overcome in a Sentence
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but within limits that are now being pressed and must be overcome. It is not a fit system for the mid-twentieth century.
I want to carry the Olympic torch to show that it's possible to overcome adversity.
This summer I learned a lot about Coco Gauff, i learned that I can overcome a lot of things on and off the court. I still hope I can be that way and use my platform in that way.
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Black doesn't break, we will overcome.
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- هزم, قهر, تغلبArabic
- zvládnout, zvládat, překonat, přemociCzech
- overvindeDanish
- überwindenGerman
- superforti, venkiEsperanto
- vencer, superarSpanish
- غلبه برPersian
- voittaaFinnish
- vaincre, surmonterFrench
- ceannsaichScottish Gaelic
- पर काबू पानेHindi
- erőt vesz, úrrá leszHungarian
- atas, mengatasiIndonesian
- vincereItalian
- לְהִתְגַבֵּרHebrew
- 征服, 克服, 乗り越えるJapanese
- 극복하다, 이겨내다Korean
- victusLatin
- whakatungou, where, tiMāori
- overwinnenDutch
- przezwyciężaćPolish
- superar, ultrapassar, vencerPortuguese
- преодолевать, преодолетьRussian
- övervinna, överkommaSwedish
- เอาชนะThai
- atlatmak, yenmek, üstesinden gelmekTurkish
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