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English - Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. win a victory over;
- Example: "You must overcome all difficulties"
- Example: "defeat your enemies"
- Example: "He overcame his shyness"
- Example: "He overcame his infirmity"
- Example: "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
[syn: get the better of, overcome, defeat]

2. get on top of; deal with successfully;
- Example: "He overcame his shyness"
[syn: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master]

3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli;
[syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake]

4. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome;
- Example: "Heart disease can get the best of us"
[syn: get the best, have the best, overcome]