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Definition: Meaning of, overwhelm in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / əʊvəˈwɛlm /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
overwhelm overwhelmed overwhelmed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
overwhelming overwhelms
[transitive usually passive]
  1. emotion if someone is overwhelmed by an emotion, they feel it so strongly that they cannot think clearly
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  2. too much if work or a problem overwhelms someone, it is too much or too difficult to deal with
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  3. surprise somebody to surprise someone very much, so that they do not know how to react
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  4. defeat somebody to defeat an army completely
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  5. water literary if water overwhelms an area of land, it covers it completely and suddenly
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