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What (who) is Overcome - definition
Overcome
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Overcome (album); Overcome (disambiguation); Overcome (song)
When someone has passed out or required hospitalisation as the result of adult activities.
What happened to Dan? He overcame.
What happened to Dan? He overcame.
Overcome
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Overcome (album); Overcome (disambiguation); Overcome (song)
overcome
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Overcome (album); Overcome (disambiguation); Overcome (song)
(overcomes, overcoming, overcame)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The form 'overcome' is used in the present tense and is also the past participle.
1.
If you overcome a problem or a feeling, you successfully deal with it and control it.
Molly had fought and overcome her fear of flying...
VERB: V n
2.
If you are overcome by a feeling or event, it is so strong or has such a strong effect that you cannot think clearly.
The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair...
A dizziness overcame him, blurring his vision.
= overwhelm
VERB: be V-ed, V n
3.
If you are overcome by smoke or a poisonous gas, you become very ill or die from breathing it in.
The residents were trying to escape from the fire but were overcome by smoke.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
Examples of use of Overcome
1. He vowed to overcome all difficulties and shortcomings to overcome the disaster.
2. The Palestinians are aware of Sharon‘s evil intentions and will overcome this crisis as they have overcome others, Sakkijha says.
3. I believe the Iraqis have overcome challenges before ... and they can overcome this as well,‘‘ Khalilzad said on CNN.
4. Domestic divisions had overcome all other considerations.
5. But his boundless optimism didn‘t overcome everything.