overcome

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• ō′vər-kŭm′
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈkʌm/
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• Australian: /ˌəʉ.vəˈkɐm/
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• New-Zealand: /ˌɐʉ.vɐˈkɐm/
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• Scotland: /ˌo.vəɹˈkʌm/
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• India: /ˌoː.vərˈkəm/
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• rhymes with -ʌm
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 K AH2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ngadhënjej — to surmount, get the better of
• Arabic: هَزَمَ (hazama) — to surmount, get the better of
• Arabic: غَلَبَ (ḡalaba) — to surmount, get the better of
• Arabic: قَهَر (qahar) — to surmount, get the better of
• Arabic: غلب (ḡalab) — to surmount, get the better of
• Arabic: هزم (hazam) — to surmount, get the better of
• Azerbaijani: dəf etmək — to surmount, get the better of
• Belarusian: пераадо́льваць (pjeraadólʹvacʹ) — to surmount, get the better of
• Belarusian: пераадо́лець (pjeraadóljecʹ) — to surmount, get the better of
• Bulgarian: преодолявам (preodoljavam) — to surmount, get the better of
• Bulgarian: превъзмогвам (prevǎzmogvam) — to surmount, get the better of
• Chinese Mandarin: 征服 (zhēngfú) — to surmount, get the better of
• Chinese Mandarin: 克服 (kèfú) — to surmount, get the better of
• Czech: překonat — to surmount, get the better of
• Czech: přemoci — to surmount, get the better of
• Dutch: overwinnen — to surmount, get the better of
• Esperanto: venki — to surmount, get the better of
• Esperanto: superforti — to surmount, get the better of
• Finnish: voittaa — to surmount, get the better of
• Finnish: peitota — to surmount, get the better of
• Finnish: pitää jotakin vallassaan — to surmount, get the better of
• Finnish: peittää — to surmount, get the better of
• French: vaincre — to surmount, get the better of
• French: surmonter — to surmount, get the better of
• German: überwinden — to surmount, get the better of
• German: bewältigen — to surmount, get the better of
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dishaban) — to surmount, get the better of
• Hungarian: erőt vesz — to surmount, get the better of
• Hungarian: úrrá lesz — to surmount, get the better of
• Hungarian: felülkerekedik — to surmount, get the better of
• Indonesian: mengatasi — to surmount, get the better of
• Italian: superare — to surmount, get the better of
• Italian: sconfiggere — to surmount, get the better of
• Japanese: 克服する (kokufuku suru) — to surmount, get the better of
• Japanese: 征服する (seifuku suru) — to surmount, get the better of
• Japanese: 乗り越える (norikoeru) — to surmount, get the better of
• Kazakh: бағындыру (bağyndyru) — to surmount, get the better of
• Korean: 극복하다 (geukbokhada) — to surmount, get the better of
• Korean: 이겨내다 (igyeonaeda) — to surmount, get the better of
• Latin: superō — to surmount, get the better of
• Macedonian: надминува (nadminuva) — to surmount, get the better of
• Macedonian: надмине (nadmine) — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: whakatungou — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: where — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: kake — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: poke — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: whakatina — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: whara — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: tārū — to surmount, get the better of
• Māori: eke panuku — to surmount, get the better of
• Polish: przezwyciężać — to surmount, get the better of
• Polish: przezwyciężyć — to surmount, get the better of
• Polish: przemagać — to surmount, get the better of
• Polish: przemóc — to surmount, get the better of
• Portuguese: vencer — to surmount, get the better of
• Portuguese: superar — to surmount, get the better of
• Portuguese: ultrapassar — to surmount, get the better of
• Romanian: învinge — to surmount, get the better of
• Romanian: birui — to surmount, get the better of
• Russian: преодолева́ть (preodolevátʹ) — to surmount, get the better of
• Russian: преодоле́ть (preodolétʹ) — to surmount, get the better of
• Sanskrit: सहते (sahate) — to surmount, get the better of
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich — to surmount, get the better of
• Serbo-Croatian: savladavati — to surmount, get the better of
• Serbo-Croatian: savladati — to surmount, get the better of
• Slovak: prekonať — to surmount, get the better of
• Slovak: zdolať — to surmount, get the better of
• Spanish: vencer — to surmount, get the better of
• Spanish: superar — to surmount, get the better of
• Spanish: sobreponerse a — to surmount, get the better of
• Spanish: sobrepasar — to surmount, get the better of
• Swedish: övervinna — to surmount, get the better of
• Swedish: överkomma — to surmount, get the better of
• Thai: เอาชนะ (ao-chá-ná) — to surmount, get the better of
• Turkish: yenmek — to surmount, get the better of
• Turkish: atlatmak — to surmount, get the better of
• Turkish: üstesinden gelmek — to surmount, get the better of
• Ukrainian: дола́ти (doláty) — to surmount, get the better of
• Ukrainian: подола́ти (podoláty) — to surmount, get the better of
• Vietnamese: vượt qua — to surmount, get the better of
• Yiddish: בײַקומען (baykumen) — to surmount, get the better of
• Yiddish: אַוועקלייגן (avekleygn) — to surmount, get the better of
• Bashkir: еңеү (yeñew) — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Bulgarian: побеждавам (pobeždavam) — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 征服 (zhēngfú) — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Czech: zvládnout — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Czech: zvládat — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Finnish: voittaa — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Ancient Greek: καίνυμαι (kaínumai) — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Latin: vincō — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Manchu: ᡝᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (etembi) — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Māori: whakatungou — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Māori: wikitōria — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Māori: whakatina — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Māori: tārū — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Persian: چیرادن — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Quechua: yalliy — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Sanskrit: सहते (sahate) — to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• Latin: superō — to come or pass over; to spread over
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to come or pass over; to spread over
• Thai: ครอบงํา (krɔ̂ɔp-ngam) — to come or pass over; to spread over
• Finnish: valua yli — to overflow; to surcharge