What does overcome mean?
Definitions for overcome
ˌoʊ vərˈkʌmover·come
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word overcome.
Princeton's WordNet
get the better of, overcome, defeat(verb)
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, master(verb)
get on top of; deal with successfully
"He overcame his shyness"
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake(verb)
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
get the best, have the best, overcome(verb)
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
"Heart disease can get the best of us"
Wiktionary
overcome(Verb)
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
Etymology: From overcomen, from ofercuman, corresponding to . Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
overcome(Verb)
To win (a battle).
Etymology: From overcomen, from ofercuman, corresponding to . Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
overcome(Verb)
To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
We shall overcome.
Etymology: From overcomen, from ofercuman, corresponding to . Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
overcome(Verb)
To overwhelm with emotion.
Etymology: From overcomen, from ofercuman, corresponding to . Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
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 »
comeover, come-over
Come-over
Comeover
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
It didn't matter what I did, it was a DNA case. We could not overcome the fact that his DNA was at nearly all the crime scenes.
Whenever we are going through adversity, we should be able to overcome it, that's what kind of team we should be moving forward.
The hard work of people up and down the country and the enormous potential of China's economy gives us more confidence that we can overcome the various difficulties.
We’re both fiercely competitive and we work day in and day out with each other in the same environment and that definitely has its challenges, but we’ve overcome those things and found a way to make it an advantage.
He was at the stage in his leadership where he should have been seen working on external affairs and trying to overcome international isolation, especially in light of the negative publicity he's got in recent months, by visiting Russia, he would have been able to exert pressure on China and also on South Korea, and he would have been able to improve his own image by going over there with his attractive wife and speak in English, which he surely must be able to do.
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- قهر, تغلب, هزمArabic
- zvládat, přemoci, překonat, zvládnoutCzech
- overvindeDanish
- überwindenGerman
- superforti, venkiEsperanto
- vencer, superarSpanish
- غلبه برPersian
- voittaaFinnish
- vaincre, surmonterFrench
- ceannsaichScottish Gaelic
- पर काबू पानेHindi
- úrrá lesz, erőt veszHungarian
- atas, mengatasiIndonesian
- vincereItalian
- לְהִתְגַבֵּרHebrew
- 克服, 征服, 乗り越えるJapanese
- 이겨내다, 극복하다Korean
- victusLatin
- ti, where, whakatungouMāori
- overwinnenDutch
- przezwyciężaćPolish
- vencer, ultrapassar, superarPortuguese
- преодолеть, преодолеватьRussian
- övervinna, överkommaSwedish
- เอาชนะThai
- üstesinden gelmek, yenmek, atlatmakTurkish
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