Overcoming

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.

    "Ther with all cam kyng Arthur but with a fewe peple and slewe on the lyfte hand and on the ryght hand that wel nyhe ther escaped no man / but alle were slayne to the nombre of xxx M / And whan the bataille was all ended the kynge kneled doune and thanked god mekely / and thenne he sente for the quene and soone she was come / and she maade grete Ioye of the ouercomynge of that bataille"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overcome form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"As a citizen of the world, I know ways of overcoming cultural barriers."

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