overcome

4 definitions • 9 examples

to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something:

Juventus overcame Ajax in a thrilling game.

to overcome difficulties/obstacles/problems/resistance

Eventually she managed to overcome her shyness in class.

20,000 demonstrators sang "We shall overcome" as they marched through Washington.

to prevent someone from being able to act or think in the usual way:

They were overcome by fumes from the fire and had to be carried out of their houses.

Overcome with/by emotion, she found herself unable to speak for a few minutes.

to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something:

[ T ] I eventually overcame my shyness in class.

[ I ] I believe that we will overcome in the end.

to prevent someone from being able to act or think in the usual way:

He was overcome by smoke before he could get out of the apartment.