Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with overcome in American Collocation
overcome
verb
transitive
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/ˌoʊvərˈkʌm/
partly/completely
completely
largely
partially
partly
Some of these difficulties can be partially overcome by using calculators.
finally
eventually
finally
ultimately
The boy eventually overcame the mental block and told me about it.
quickly/slowly
gradually
quickly
soon
The aim of the treatment is to help the person to gradually overcome their addiction.
successfully
successfully
No other paper has reported this approach to successfully overcome this problem.
a problem
adversity
barrier
challenge
constraint
difficulty
hurdle
obstacle
prejudice
problem
Can you identify ways to try to overcome those barriers?
a lack or weakness
disadvantages
fear
inertia
limitations
reluctuance
shortcomings
weakness
I am using excitement to overcome my fear.
opposition
objection
opposition
resistance
High-density housing must overcome cultural resistance and a negative historical legacy.