overcome
Meaning(s)
1. achieve success or triumph, prevail
Popularity
High
Professional
High
Social
How to Memorize
overcome obstacles/difficulties/fear
Analysis
To ’overcome’ something means to succeed in achieving or dealing with a challenge or a problem. If someone is overcome it means they cannot behave in the way they would like or which is usual. You could be overcome with tiredness or overcome with emotion, for example.
Social Examples (Basic)
- That child overcame a lot of obstacles in order to achieve what she did. It wasn't easy.
- He decided to do a parachute jump, hoping that it would help him overcome his fear of heights.
Professional Examples (Basic)
- We have a lot of difficulties to overcome before we can go any further with this project.
- It's difficult to see how we will overcome such a huge setback and still deliver the project on time.