To overcome something is to overcome the difficulty or obstacle that is preventing you from achieving your goal. When you overcame the challenge at the race, you became the winner.
He overcame the challenge of the competition by swimming faster than anyone else.
She overcame her fear of public speaking by giving a speech at the conference.
verb
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
verb
To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
verb
To come or pass over; to spread over.
verb
To overflow; to surcharge.
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Polo's response to perplexity gravitates on the need to overcome such limits.
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The request was to overcome the oversight.
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At length the hostility of the princes was overcome.
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Can he overcome that preconception
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It is your ability to overcome the ruth.
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She will overcome her hydrophobia.
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Donation is a method of overcoming sparsity.
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A signal that overcomes the inhibition on the next neuron.
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It was designed to overcome the severe congestion on the island.
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Sometimes, the robber was overcome, and sometimes the laborer.