overcome

o·ver·come  (vr-km)

v. o·ver·came (-km), o·ver·come, o·ver·com·ing, o·ver·comes

v.tr.

1. To defeat (another) in competition or conflict; conquer. See Synonyms at defeat.

2. To prevail over; surmount: tried to overcome the obstacles of poverty.

3. To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply.

v.intr.

To surmount opposition; be victorious.

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overcome

Verb

[-coming, -came, -come]

1. to deal successfully with or control (a problem or feeling): once I'd overcome my initial nerves I discovered hang-gliding was great fun

2. (of an emotion or a feeling) to affect (someone) strongly or make (someone) powerless: he was overcome by a sudden surge of jealousy

3. to defeat (someone) in a conflict

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" defeat, get the better of demolish, destroy - defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors" beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" wallop - defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!" down - bring down or defeat (an opponent) overrun - seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land" skunk, lurch - defeat by a lurch rout, rout out, expel - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" upset - defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team" nose - defeat by a narrow margin conquer - overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country" make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
	2.	overcome - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" surmount, master, subdue, get over beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" bulldog - throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
	3.	overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake devastate - overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died" clutch, get hold of, seize - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" benight - overtake with darkness or night knock out - overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm" stagger - astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake" lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
	4.	overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" get the best, have the best beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

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overcome

verb 1. defeat, beat, conquer, master, tank (slang) crush, overwhelm, overthrow, lick (informal) undo, subdue, rout, overpower, quell, triumph over, best, get the better of, trounce, worst, clobber (slang) stuff (slang) vanquish, surmount, subjugate, prevail over, wipe the floor with (informal) make mincemeat of (informal) blow (someone) out of the water (slang) come out on top of (informal) bring (someone) to their knees (informal) render incapable, render powerless, be victorious over, render helpless

2. conquer, beat, master, survive, weather, curb, suppress, subdue, rise above, quell, triumph over, get the better of, vanquish

Translations

overcome [əuvəˈkʌm] vt (irreg like come);

(gen) → vencer [+ difficulty]; superar;

she was quite overcome by the occasion → la ocasión le conmovió mucho

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overcome [əuvəˈkʌm] vt irreg like come) (= defeat); triompher de [+ difficulty]; surmonter

adj (emotionally) → bouleversé(e);

overcome with grief → accablé(e) de douleur

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overcome [əuvəˈkʌm] irreg like come) vt [+ problem, fear] → überwinden

adj → überwältigt;

she was overcome with grief → der Schmerz übermannte sie

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overcome [əuvəˈkʌm] vt (irreg) → superare; sopraffare;

overcome with grief → sopraffatto/a dal dolore