- overcome a difficulty
- surmount a difficulty, get the better of a problem
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overcome a difficulty
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difficulty — difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude are synonyms only when they mean something which demands effort and endurance if it is to be overcome or one s end achieved. Difficulty, the most widely applicable of these terms, applies to any condition … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Difficulty — Dif fi*cul*ty, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif = dis + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult[ e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; opposed to {easiness} or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overcome — (v.) O.E. ofer cuman to reach, overtake, also to conquer, prevail over, from ofer (see OVER (Cf. over)) + cuman to come (see COME (Cf. come) (v.)). A common Germanic compound (Cf. M.Du. overkomen, O.H.G. ubarqueman, Ger. überkommen). In re … Etymology dictionary
difficulty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, extreme, grave, great, major, real, serious, severe ▪ We had enormous difficulty … Collocations dictionary
difficulty — n. 1) to cause, create, make, present difficulties for 2) to come across, encounter, experience, face, meet, run into difficulties 3) to clear up, overcome, resolve, surmount a difficulty 4) (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe… … Combinatory dictionary
difficulty — dif|fi|cul|ty W1S1 [ˈdıfıkəlti] n plural difficulties [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: difficultas, from difficilis difficult , from facilis easy ] 1.) [U] if you have difficulty doing something, it is difficult for you to do have/experience… … Dictionary of contemporary English
difficulty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) That which is hard to overcome Nouns 1. difficulty, hardness, impracticability, hard work, uphill work, hurdle; hard task, Herculean task, large order, hard row to hoe; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor; … English dictionary for students
overcome — verb 1 defeat/conquer sb/sth ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ successfully ▪ not entirely ▪ These problems were never entirely overcome. ▪ largely … Collocations dictionary
overcome */*/ — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkʌm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkʌm] verb [transitive] Word forms overcome : present tense I/you/we/they overcome he/she/it overcomes present participle overcoming past tense overcame UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkeɪm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkeɪm] past participle overcome… … English dictionary
overcome*/ — [ˌəʊvəˈkʌm] (past tense overcame [ˌəʊvəˈkeɪm] ; past participle overcome) verb [T] 1) to succeed in dealing with a problem Jimmy overcame his difficulties to graduate with a first class degree.[/ex] 2) to make someone very emotional, ill, or… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
