overcome

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
2. (intransitive) To prevail.
3. (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over.
4. (transitive) To win against or prevail over in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
5. To come or pass over; to spread over.
6. (obsolete) To overflow; to surcharge.

Noun

1. (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
2. (Scotland) A surplus.

Adj

That has been overcome, prevailed over.

Concepts

vaincre

surmonter

battre

gagner

abattre

venir à bout

dépasser

dominer

franchir

pallier

sumonter

accomplir

liquider

maître

surmonté

régler

submerger

aplatir

accabler

surpasser

triompher

😤

abreuver

🚰

avoir raison de

écrabouiller

être vaincu

prendre le dessus

envahir

exécuter

renverser qqch

Synonymes

defeat

conquer

beat

subdue

vanquish

overpower

win

surmount

overwhelm

get over

defeated

master

triumph

😤

subjugate

surpass

win over

overthrow

suppress

get through

cope with

outdo

seized

overpowered

overbear

vanquished

destroy

take

crush

conquered

quell

rise above

pass

have the best

grip

whelm

humiliate

whip

tide over

trounce

weather

succeed

lick

tame

rout

carry

seize

quash

prevail

overtake

overrun

Traductions

vencer

überwinden

besiegen

superar

superar

overwinnen

vincere

superare

yenmek

vencer

derrotar

überwältigen

vèncer

sconfiggere

superar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: overcomen

Hérité de ancien anglais: ofercuman

Appartenant à néerlandais: overkomen

Appartenant à allemand: überkommen

Appartenant à danois: overkomme

Appartenant à suédois: överkomma

In summary

Inherited from Middle English overcomen, inherited from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”). By surface analysis, over- + come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.