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Definition of Overtake
1. Verb. Catch up with and possibly overtake. "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
Entails: Compete, Contend, Vie
Related verbs: Catch
Derivative terms: Overtaking
2. Verb. Travel past. "These cars won't overtake "; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
Generic synonyms: Advance, Go On, March On, Move On, Pass On, Progress
Specialized synonyms: Get By, Clear, Top
Derivative terms: Overtaking, Passage, Passing, Passing
3. Verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Specialized synonyms: Devastate, Clutch, Get Hold Of, Seize, Kill, Benight, Knock Out, Stagger, Lock
Generic synonyms: Arouse, Elicit, Enkindle, Evoke, Fire, Kindle, Provoke, Raise
Definition of Overtake
1. v. t. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
Definition of Overtake
1. Verb. To pass a more slowly moving object. ¹
2. Verb. To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc. ¹
3. Verb. (economics) To become greater than something else ¹
4. Verb. To occur unexpectedly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overtake
1. to catch up with [v -TOOK, -TAKEN, -TAKING, -TAKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtake
Literary usage of Overtake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"{that) that his hand shall get: 5. lor ye shall overtake them. 8. shall I overtake
them? — thou shall surely overtake (them), 5.and overtook him in the ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"'The pilgrims overtake Mr. Honest, who relates his own experience, and that of'Mr.
Fearing. NOW I saw that they went to the ascent, that was a little way ..."
3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1890)
"It is evident that, if the spot continues to sweep onwards from east to west, in
the direction of the arrow, it must eventually overtake and pass the Red ..."
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