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overtake

/oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/verb3 syllables

Overtake means: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.

Synonyms for overtake10

verb, as in overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome

verb, as in catch up with and possibly overtake

catch, catch up with

verb, as in travel past

pass, overhaul

also used for overtake

forge

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What does overtake mean?3

verb

1

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

2

catch up with and possibly overtake“The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp”

3

travel past“The sports car passed all the trucks”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Overtake in a sentence

  • If you hurry, you will soon overtake her.orcrist
  • A cart with four horses is not able to overtake the human tongue.raggione
  • You can overtake them safely after the bend.sundown
  • The Prince followed, but could not overtake her.Hybrid
  • There were times when I thought the sands would overtake and swallow me.meirad
  • If you hurry, you will overtake him.CK
  • You cannot overtake the truck now.Eccles17
  • Yanni tried to overtake the truck.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of overtake

as a verb

past tense
over-took
past participle
over-taken
present participle
over-taking
third-person singular
over-takes