Overcoming
noun, verb
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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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