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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
overcome
/ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/
verb1 of 2
to succeed in a struggle
- “When the cold days arrived, I was overcome by blues.”Tatoeba
- “Your difficulties are not the ones that will be overcome.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The burden or recurring theme in a song.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)