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overtake
Overview
This page has 5 definitions of overtake in English and Norwegian Nynorsk. Overtake is a verb and noun. Examples of how to use overtake in a sentence are shown. Also define these 15 related words and terms: pass, object, entity, undertake, curbside, economics, greater, unexpectedly, surprise, overcome, carry away, base, bravery, maneuver, and overtaka.
English
Etymology
From Middle English overtaken, likely an replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take.
Pronunciation
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Verb
overtake (third-person singular simple present overtakes, present participle overtaking, simple past overtook, past participle overtaken)
- To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
- Antonym: undertake (to pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside)
- The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
- The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
- 1862, [William] Wilkie Collins, chapter II, in No Name. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., […], →OCLC, 4th (Aldborough, Suffolk), pages 176–177:
- "I won't over-walk myself," he said, cheerfully. "If the coach doesn't overtake me on the road, I can wait for it where I stop to breakfast. Dry your eyes, my dear; and give me a kiss."
- 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
- The station is planned to include platform loops enabling fast trains to overtake slower ones and is expected to be served by at least four trains per hour towards London.
Pass definition
To change place.- To move or be moved from one place to another. (1 of 49 pass definitions)
Entity definition
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form. (1 of 6 entity definitions)
Undertake definition
To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.). (1 of 9 undertake definitions)
Curbside definition
Adjacent to the curb.
- (economics) To become greater than something else
Economics definition
The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.
- To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away
- Our plans were overtaken by events.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […][1], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
Unexpectedly definition
In an unexpected manner.
Surprise definition
Something unexpected. (1 of 4 surprise definitions)
Overcome definition
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. (1 of 6 overcome definitions)
Base definition
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
Translations
to pass a more slowly moving object
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to catch up with, but not pass
economics: to become greater than something else
to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
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See also
Noun
overtake (plural overtakes)
- An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
- There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.
Maneuver definition
The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; a large training field-exercise of fighting units. (1 of 5 maneuver definitions)
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
overtake (present tense overtek, past tense overtok, past participle overteke, passive infinitive overtakast, present participle overtakande, imperative overtak)
- Alternative form of overtaka
Overtaka definition
to take over (assume control of something)