overcomes
USoh-vur-KUMZ/ˌoʊ.vəɹˈkʌmz/Sayoh-vuh-KUMZUK/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌmz/AUS/ˌəʉ.vəˈkɐmz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of overcome.
Each new design overcomes the limits of the engines that came before it.
A skilled negotiator overcomes resistance by listening more than she argues.
Note
The -s form carries every present-tense use of overcome and agrees with a singular third-person subject: she overcomes, the team overcomes. Usually it takes an object, such as a fear, an obstacle or a rival. It can also stand alone and simply mean "prevails," as in truth overcomes. The old sense of overflowing is obsolete, so modern sentences never call on it.
overcomes is a form of overcome
overcome, verb: To succeed in getting past or defeating an obstacle, whether physical or abstract; to get the better of it. Full entry
- Forms
- overcome also past participleovercomes he/she/itovercoming -ing formovercame past tense
- Spelling
- overcome → overcomes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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