Overcome — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

win a victory over

get on top of; deal with successfully

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊvɚkˈʌm/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊvəkˈʌm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊvəkˈʌm/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌoʊvɚkˈʌm/.

Examples

You must overcome all difficulties
defeat your enemies
He overcame his shyness

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

get over overpower whelm get the best surmount sweep over overtake overwhelm get the better of defeat master have the best subdue

Parts of Speech

verb	win a victory over “You must overcome all difficulties”
verb	get on top of; deal with successfully “He overcame his shyness”
verb	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
verb	overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome “Heart disease can get the best of us”

Word Forms

overcomer

noun

someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

überwinden

einen Sieg erringen

🇫🇷French

surmonter

remporter une victoire sur

🇪🇸Spanish

superar

obtener una victoria sobre

🇮🇹Italian

superare

ottenere una vittoria su

🇳🇱Dutch

overwinnen

een overwinning behalen

🇵🇹Portuguese

superar

conquistar uma vitória sobre

🇷🇺Russian

преодолеть

одержать победу над

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पर काबू पाने

पर विजय प्राप्त करो

🇧🇩Bengali

পরাস্ত

একটি জয় জয়

🇮🇳Tamil

கடக்க

வெற்றியை வெல்லுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

అధిగమించడానికి

పైగా విజయం సాధించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

मात

वर विजय मिळवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

કાબુ

પર વિજય મેળવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಯಿಸಲು

ಮೇಲೆ ಗೆಲುವು ಸಾಧಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മറികടക്കുക

ഒരു വിജയം നേടുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਾਬੂ

'ਤੇ ਜਿੱਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

قابو پانا

پر فتح حاصل کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

克服

战胜

🇯🇵Japanese

克服する

～に対して勝利を収める

🇰🇷Korean

극복하다

승리하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vượt qua

giành chiến thắng trước

🇹🇭Thai

เอาชนะ

ชนะชัยชนะเหนือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengatasi

menangkan kemenangan atas

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtagumpayan

manalo ng tagumpay

🇲🇾Malay

diatasi

menang kemenangan atas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يغلب

الفوز على

🇮🇷Persian

غلبه کند

برنده پیروزی

🇹🇷Turkish

üstesinden gelmek

karşısında zafer kazanmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתְגַבֵּר

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The primary meaning of 'overcome' is 'win a victory over'.

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