• v.
    ⦿win a victory over

Semantic relations

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
wn:example
  1. ⦿He overcame his shyness
  2. ⦿He overcame his infirmity
  3. ⦿defeat your enemies
  4. ⦿You must overcome all difficulties
  5. ⦿Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:defeat
  2. enl:get the better of
wn:interlingual indexili:i27138

Other

dc:Subjectverb.competition
skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • defeatget the better of
  • defeatget the better ofovercome