Use the verb overcome when you talk about someone who has triumphed over adversity. It's great to see a friend who's always struggled in school overcome his learning disabilities and make the honor roll.
To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue;
Verb
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
Verb
win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
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get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
Verb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Adjective S.
rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
p. p.
of Overcome
v. t.
To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to
subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.
v. t.
To overflow; to surcharge.
v. t.
To come or pass over; to spreads over.
v. i.
To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
Overcome
This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been.2.
And overcome us like a summer's cloud.
Overcome
To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue;
To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
Usage Examples
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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Other Usage ExamplesBut to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.
A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.
Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
Getting rid of Bin Laden is good for the cause of peace worldwide but what counts is to overcome the discourse and the methods - the violent methods - that were created and encouraged by Bin Laden and others in the world.
For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.
Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .
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