"overcome" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

overcome verbo

overcome + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 93
overcome obstacles • overcome difficulties • overcome resistance • overcome challenges • overcome problems • overcome one's fear • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 24
(1) obstacle, barrier
Kolokacji: 2
(8) odds, criticism, turnover
Kolokacji: 3
(10) limitation, restriction
Kolokacji: 2
(12) reluctance, stress
Kolokacji: 2
(14) feeling, reputation, grief
Kolokacji: 3
(16) sense, mistake, reason
Kolokacji: 3
(17) issue, stereotype, ignorance
Kolokacji: 3
(18) division, bureaucracy
Kolokacji: 2
(20) way, tendency, desire, hunger
Kolokacji: 4
1. way to overcome = sposób by pokonać way to overcome
2. overcome one's tendency = pokonywać czyjś skłonność overcome one's tendency
3. overcome one's desire = pokonywać czyjś ochota overcome one's desire
  • So last year he'd set about overcoming his desire to mete out punishment.
  • Now I can help them to overcome their desire for it.
  • Send kind thoughts to them, and say a prayer: "God help them to have a will of their own to overcome their desire."
  • He confessed after winning the race that, "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."
  • But after a month I overcame my desire to leave.
  • Real enough to overcome his tactical desire to hold an attack position.
  • He had always regarded her with love and friendship, but at that moment vowed to overcome his desire for her.
  • "Then it can only be that your high moral scruples have overcome your personal desire."
  • But others are less certain that the bureau has overcome its traditional desire to make quick arrests.
  • She tried to overcome her desire for Lars and to ignore the fact that time was running out for them both.
4. overcome hunger = przezwyciężony głód overcome hunger
(24) past, decade, year
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + overcome
Kolokacji: 9
help overcome • struggle to overcome • try to overcome • need to overcome • manage to overcome • ...
overcome + preposición
Kolokacji: 20
overcome by • overcome in • overcome at • overcome with • overcome on • ...
overcome + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 18
finally overcome • easily overcome • eventually overcome • quickly overcome • successfully overcome • ...

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