Used in a Sentence

overcoming

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for overcoming.

Editorial note

It's about overcoming your anxieties to produce something 'epic' by purposefully launching something below your comfort threshold.

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Quick take

The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of overcoming gathered in one view.

noun

The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for overcoming.

noun

The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.

Example sentences

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It's about overcoming your anxieties to produce something 'epic' by purposefully launching something below your comfort threshold.

2

It's hard to imagine overcoming the pain that something slower than C would have inflicted on users.

3

A single developer, even a really willful one, will have a hard time overcoming this inertia.

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Without heavy promotion, a new networked service has trouble overcoming the noise level and getting enough users to be useful.

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People in the industry will tell you they've been overcoming obstacles for decades, but there is a fundamental change going on.

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A new or low-volume IP on Hetzner is going to have a harder time overcoming the initial suspicion Gmail saddles it with.

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Taking responsibility for our mistakes would be a first step in overcoming our inefficiencies.

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This will be a world holiday of great celebration because we have overcoming the problems of modern society.

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That's more about organizing a talk in memorable points than overcoming shyness/vocal technique, etc.

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And space tech discovers things through scale, overcoming myopic outlooks in the way an Access database doesn't illuminate how distributed multi-region databases scale.

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Or was Krugman just acting on faith and he was finally convinced by hard data, but it took some overcoming of his bias?

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> One of the hardships Dutch startups face, says Kroes, is overcoming the natural Dutch tendency to be humble.

Proper noun examples

1

Overcoming resistance depends on the source.

2

Overcoming these attitudes is quite difficult.

3

Shaking strawmen at progress just because it's not perfect (you'll note that some of the Less Wrong/Overcoming Bias arguments leave small disclaimers of assumptions of infinite computing power; not all, but some) is just as foolish as refusing to see when the ground moves beneath your feet.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use overcoming in a sentence?

It's about overcoming your anxieties to produce something 'epic' by purposefully launching something below your comfort threshold.

What does overcoming mean?

The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.

What part of speech is overcoming?

overcoming is commonly used as noun.