Definitions for overtake
ˌoʊ vərˈteɪkover·take

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overtake, catch, catch up withverb

   catch up with and possibly overtake

   "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

2. pass, overtake, overhaulverb

   travel past

   "The sports car passed all the trucks"

3. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb

   overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Overtakeverb

   Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as, although out of school for half a year due to illness, the student returned and overtook all the others to finish as valedictorian.

2. Overtakeverb

   To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by events.

3. Overtakeverb

   To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion; also, to catch up with and move ahead of.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overtakeverb

   To pass a more slowly moving object.

2. overtakeverb

   To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.

   "I overtook and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

3. overtakeverb

   To become greater than something else

4. overtakeverb

   To occur unexpectedly

   "Our plans were overtaken by events."

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Overtakeverb

   Etymology: over and take.

   1. To catch any thing by pursuit; to come up to something going before.

   We durst not continue longer so near her confines, lest her plagues might suddenly overtake us before we did cease to be partakers with her sins. Richard Hooker.

   If I had given you this at over-night,
   She might have been o’ertaken; and yet she writes
   Pursuit would be but vain. William Shakespeare.

   I shall see
   The winged vengeance overtake such children. William Shakespeare.

   The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. Ex. xv. 9.

   My soul, more earnestly releas’d,
   Will out-strip hers, as bullets flown before
   A later bullet may o’ertake, the powder being more. John Donne.

   To thy wishes move a speedy pace,
   Or death will soon o’ertake thee in the chace. Dryden.

   How must he tremble for fear vengeance should overtake him, before he has made his peace with God? John Rogers.

   2. To take by surprize.

   If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. Gal. vi. 1.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overtake

   Overtaking or passing is the act of one vehicle going past another slower moving vehicle, travelling in the same direction, on a road. The lane used for overtaking another vehicle is often a passing lane farther from the road shoulder which is to the left in places that drive on the right and to the right in places that drive on the left.

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1. overtake

   To overtake generally means to catch up with and pass or move ahead of someone or something, often in a competitive manner. It can also mean to become greater than or more important than something else. The term is commonly used in contexts such as racing, business competition, or a situation where one thing surpasses another.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Overtake

   ō-vėr-tāk′, v.t. to come up with: to catch: to come upon: to take by surprise.—p.adj. Overtā′ken, fuddled.

Matched Categories

1. • Arouse

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Anagrams for overtake »

1. takeover

2. take over

How to pronounce overtake?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say overtake in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of overtake in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of overtake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of overtake in a Sentence

1. Daniel Ricciardo:

   I'm not going to tell you what but, yes. He's beyond any doubt committed to this team for multiple years, he's demonstrated he's got a great amount of natural talent, he can overtake, he can race... everything I've seen of his development so far has impressed me enormously and I think that curve will continue.

2. David Grayson:

   I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself Why this is Christmas Day

3. Charles Leclerc:

   I'll have to take a lot of risks I think, even risking to crash, but at the end that's the only thing we need to do now, to try and be extreme in our overtaking because this is a track where it's basically impossible to overtake.

4. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras:

   Europe is in a nervous crisis, will a Europe of fear and racism overtake a Europe of solidarity?

5. Og Mandino:

   Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=overtake
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=overtake
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Overtake
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=overtake
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtake
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=overtake
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=overtake