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How to pronounce “overcome”
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Pronunciation guide for overcome
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of overcome with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jay Shetty: There's No Such Thing As An Overnight Success
the times when we're trying to overcome
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce overcome
Jay Shetty: There's No Such Thing As An Overnight Success
the times when we're trying to overcome
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “overcome”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- (intransitive) To prevail.
- (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over.
- (transitive) To win against or prevail over in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- (obsolete) To overflow; to surcharge.
- [Noun]
- (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
- (Scotland) A surplus.
- [Adjective]
- That has been overcome, prevailed over.
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