Overcome: overcome – overcame – overcome
Irregular verb, level B1.
Base form (V1)overcome
Past simple (V2)overcame
Past participle (V3)overcome
Meaning
To deal with and beat a problem.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
She wants to overcome her fear of dogs.
Past simple (V2)
He overcame his fear and spoke.
Past participle (V3)
They have overcome many problems.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of overcome.
Verbs that change the same way
The third form is the same as the first
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