Overcome

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To defeat (another) in competition or conflict; conquer. See Synonyms at defeat.
  • v. To prevail over; surmount: tried to overcome the obstacles of poverty.
  • v. To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply.
  • verb-intransitive. To surmount opposition; be victorious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
  • v. To win (a battle).
  • v. To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
  • v. To overwhelm with emotion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue.
  • v. To overflow; to surcharge.
  • v. To come or pass over; to spread over.
  • verb-intransitive. To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To come over; move or pass over or throughout.
  • To reach or extend over or throughout; spread over; cover; overflow; surcharge.
  • To overtake.
  • To overwhelm; oppress; overpower; surmount; conquer; vanquish; subdue.
  • To get beyond; outstrip; excel.
  • Synonyms Vanquish, Subdue, etc. See conquer.
  • To gain the superiority; be victorious; conquer.
  • Overpowered by liquor; intoxicated: in the past participle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  • v. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
  • v. win a victory over
  • v. get on top of; deal with successfully
  • Verb Form
    overcame    overcomes    overcoming   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vanquish    shell    beat    beat out    trounce    crush   
    Cross Reference
    confute    defeat    obviate    overbear   
    Variant
    overcame   
    Hyponym
    shell    crush    pull round    make it    pull through    destroy    beat out    survive    upset    skunk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    surmount    conquer    subdue    overflow    surcharge    conquered    vanquished    crushed    defeated    heartbroken