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1. (v.t.) overtake
to catch up with.
2. overtake
to catch up with and pass.
3. overtake
to befall suddenly.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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1. (verb) overtake, catch, catch up with
catch up with and possibly overtake
"The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
2. (verb) pass, overtake, overhaul
travel past
"The sports car passed all the trucks"
3. (verb) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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1. (verb) overtake
to pass sb or sth in quality, importance, or amount
Previous security issues have now been overtaken by the threat of terrorism.; a company that has overtaken its competitors in sales
2. overtake
to pass another car going in the same direction
You may not overtake in this area.; He overtook the car in front of him.
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Sense: to pass (a car etc) while driving etc
He overtook a police-car.
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 Afrikaans: inhaal, verbysteek |
 Arabic: يُدْرِك، يَلْحَق ب |
 Bulgarian: застигам |
 Brazilian: ultrapassar |
 Czech: předstihnout |
 German: überholen |
 Danish: overhale |
 Greek: προσπερνώ (κατά την οδήγη |
 Spanish: adelantar |
 Estonian: mööda sõitma |
 Farsi: رسیدن به و گذشتن از |
 Finnish: ohittaa |
 French: dépasser |
 Hebrew: לַעֲקוֹף |
 Hindi: तेजी से आगे निकल जाना, सं |
 Croatian: prestići |
 Hungarian: (meg)előz |
 Indonesian: menyalip |
 Icelandic: fara framúr |
 Italian: sorpassare |
 Japanese: 追い越す |
 Korean: 추월하다 |
 Lithuanian: (ap)lenkti |
 Latvian: apdzīt; apsteigt |
 Malay: memotong |
 Dutch: inhalen |
 Norwegian: kjøre forbi |
 Polish: wyprzedzić |
 Persian: رسیدن به و گذشتن از |
 Pashto: يدلتير |
 Portuguese: ultrapassar |
 Romanian: a depăşi |
 Russian: обгонять |
 Slovak: predbehnúť |
 Slovenian: prehiteti |
 Serbian: prestići |
 Swedish: köra om |
 Thai: ตามทัน |
 Turkish: geçmek, sollamak |
 Taiwanese: 超過 |
 Ukrainian: обігнати, випередити |
 Urdu: گاڑي چلانے کے دوران کسي گ |
 Vietnamese: vượt |
 Chinese: 超过 |
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