(~s, overcoming, overcame)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is also the past participle.
1.
If you ~ a problem or a feeling, you successfully deal with it and control it.
Molly had fought and ~ her fear of flying...
VERB: V n
2.
If you are ~ by a feeling or event, it is so strong or has such a strong effect that you cannot think clearly.
The night before the test I was ~ by fear and despair...
A dizziness overcame him, blurring his vision.
= overwhelm
VERB: be V-ed, V n
3.
If you are ~ by smoke or a poisonous gas, you become very ill or die from breathing it in.
The residents were trying to escape from the fire but were ~ by smoke.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed