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  • 1overcome */*/ — 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… …

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  • 2overcome*/ — [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… …

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  • 3overcome — o|ver|come [ ,ouvər kʌm ] (past tense o|ver|came [ ,ouvər keım ] ; past participle o|ver|come) verb ** 1. ) transitive to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem: Jimmy overcame his difficulties to graduate. What can I do to overcome my… …

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  • 4Fear Itself (comics) — Fear Itself Promotional image by Stuart Immonen. Publisher Marvel Comics Publication date April – October 2011 …

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  • 5Fear of medical procedures — Most people suffer from a form of fear of medical procedures during their life. There are many different aspects of this fear and not everyone has every part. Some of these parts include fear of surgery, fear of dental work and fear of doctors… …

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  • 6fear */*/*/ — I UK [fɪə(r)] / US [fɪr] noun Word forms fear : singular fear plural fears 1) [uncountable] the feeling that you have when you are frightened Edward knew it was dangerous, but he felt no fear. fear of: She eventually managed to overcome her fear… …

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  • 7fear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, deep seated, genuine, great, intense, overwhelming, pure, real, terrible …

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  • 8fear — fear1 [ fır ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the feeling you have when you are frightened: Edward knew it was dangerous, but he felt no fear. fear of: She eventually managed to overcome her fear of the dark. live in fear (of) (=be afraid all the time):… …

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  • 9fear — [[t]fɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦ fears, fearing, feared 1) N VAR: oft N of n/ ing Fear is the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger. I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear because a bullet had been fired through a window …

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  • 10Dental fear — refers to the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care. A severe form of this fear (specific phobia) is variously called dental phobia, odontophobia, dentophobia, dentist phobia, or dental anxiety. However, it has been suggested that the… …

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