The meaning of OVERCOME is to get the better of : surmount. How to use overcome in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Overcome.
OVERCOME definition: 1. to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something: 2. to prevent someone from being…. Learn more.
Definition of overcome verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
- to get the better of in a struggle or conflict. 2. to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.). 3. to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind: overcome by smoke.
to succeed in controlling:[~ + object] to overcome the temptation to smoke. to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind:[~ + object] The firefighters were overcome by smoke.
OVERCOME definition: to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat. See examples of overcome used in a sentence.
From Middle English overcomen, from Old English ofercuman ("to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake"), corresponding to over- + come.
If you are overcome by a feeling or event, it is so strong or has such a strong effect that you cannot think clearly.
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