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overwhelming meaning

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  • VerbPREover-SUF-ing
    1. present participle of overwhelm.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmore overwhelmingSUPmost overwhelming
      1. Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
        1. Very great or intense.
          1. Extreme.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
              • To lose two sons in one day was indeed overwhelming and could crack any stronghearted man.
              • It will need the most exhilarating performance City have put together since the money started to pour in and the overwhelming evidence is that it looks wholly beyond them.

          Meaning of overwhelming for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "overwhelming" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Adjectives
              • Verbs
                • Verb forms
                  • Participles
                    • Present participles
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