overcoming Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb win a victory over
    get the better of; overcome; defeat.
    • You must overcome all difficulties
    • defeat your enemies
    • He overcame his shyness
    • He overcame his infirmity
    • Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
  2. verb get on top of; deal with successfully
    get over; master; subdue; overcome; surmount.
    • He overcame his shyness
  3. verb overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
    overtake; overwhelm; overpower; whelm; overcome; sweep over.
  4. verb overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
    get the best; have the best; overcome.
    • Heart disease can get the best of us

WordNet


O`ver*com"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Conquering; subduing. -- O`ver*com"ing*ly, adv.

Webster 1913