overcome+difficulties

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• overcome difficulties — win out over difficulties, surmount obstacles …   English contemporary dictionary

• overcome — verb (overcame; come; coming) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ofercuman, from ofer over + cuman to come Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to get the better of ; surmount < overcome difficulties > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• overcome — 01. Many of the victims of the fire had been [overcome] by the smoke, and had to be carried out by the firefighters. 02. Martha s inability to [overcome] her fear of water has kept her from learning how to swim. 03. Her family was [overcome] with …   Grammatical examples in English

• overcome */*/ — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkʌm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkʌm] verb [transitive] Word forms overcome : present tense I/you/we/they overcome he/she/it overcomes present participle overcoming past tense overcame UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkeɪm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkeɪm] past participle overcome… …   English dictionary

• overcome — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)kʌ̱m[/t]] ♦♦♦ overcomes, overcoming, overcame (The form overcome is used in the present tense and is also the past participle.) 1) VERB If you overcome a problem or a feeling, you successfully deal with it and control it. [V n] Molly… …   English dictionary

• overcome*/ — [ˌəʊvəˈkʌm] (past tense overcame [ˌəʊvəˈkeɪm] ; past participle overcome) verb [T] 1) to succeed in dealing with a problem Jimmy overcame his difficulties to graduate with a first class degree.[/ex] 2) to make someone very emotional, ill, or… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Difficulties — Difficulty Dif fi*cul*ty, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif = dis + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult[ e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; opposed to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overcome — o|ver|come [ ,ouvər kʌm ] (past tense o|ver|came [ ,ouvər keım ] ; past participle o|ver|come) verb ** 1. ) transitive to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem: Jimmy overcame his difficulties to graduate. What can I do to overcome my… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• overcome — [c]/oʊvəˈkʌm / (say ohvuh kum) verb (overcame, overcome, overcoming) –verb (t) 1. to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat. 2. to prevail over (opposition, objections, temptations, etc.). 3. to surmount (difficulties, etc.) …  

• bridge over difficulties — overcome problems, get through hard times, overcome misfortune …   English contemporary dictionary

• conquer difficulties — overcome obstacles …   English contemporary dictionary