overcome (v.)
to succeed in dealing with
Examples
- Overcome fear.
Key rules
- Overcome means succeed in dealing with a problem
- Overcome a problem, overcome fear
- Past form overcame, past participle overcome
Common mistakes
- He overcome his fear → He overcame his fear
- She has overcame it → She has overcome it
Use cases
- Describing success
- Discussing fears
- Health recovery
💡 Tip: Overcome is often used for emotions and illness.