how to pronounce overcome

/ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/

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overcome is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of overcome in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh have to be overcome and i think you …”

meaning of overcome

Overcome means to surpass or surmount.

overcome frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word overcome occurs in english on average 27 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics overcome can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that overcome can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;