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13 / 09 / 2022

OVERWHELMING: meaning and examples

Hello again everyone... welcome back to another Daily Vitamin lesson.

Today's word is: overwhelming (adjective)

It means: Much larger, stronger, or more important than anything else in a situation; for example an overwhelming majority or an overwhelming desire.

Example 1: An overwhelming majority voted against his proposal.

Example 2: He felt an overwhelming desire to kiss his wife.

There is also a verb equivalent of this word (to overwhelm) which can mean to give a person too much of something. Something that overwhelms is very intense and hard to deal with. 

Example 3: With telephone calls, emails, WhatsApp messages and people coming into my office, I often feel overwhelmed by work and the day-to-day activities. Sometimes I just need to stop and take a 10-minute break. 

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Have a great day. All the best!