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Bookmark or Share- OVERTAKE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto go past something by being a greater amount or degree: Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe. We'd planned to hold a meeting tomorrow, but events have overtaken us (= things have changed). B2 [ I or T ] UK (US pass) to come from behind another vehicle or a person and move in front of them:
- overtake verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...[transitive, often passive] overtake somebody/something if something unpleasant overtakes a person, it unexpectedly starts to happen and to affect them. The climbers were overtaken by bad weather. Sudden panic overtook her. Our original plan was overtaken by events (= the situation changed very rapidly) and we had to make a new one.
- Overtake - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comDefinitions of overtake. verb. catch up with and possibly overtake. synonyms: catch, catch up with. catch. reach in time. verb. travel past. synonyms: overhaul, pass. see more. verb. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. synonyms: overcome, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˌˈoʊvərˌteɪk/ UK.
- Overtake Definition & Meaning | Britannica DictionaryOVERTAKE meaning: 1 : to move up to and past (someone or something that is in front of you) by moving faster often used figuratively; 2 : to go past another vehicle that is moving more slowly in the same direction.
- OVERTAKE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comto happen to or befall someone suddenly or unexpectedly, as night, a storm, or death: The pounding rainstorm overtook them just outside the city. verb (used without object) , o·ver·took [oh-ver-, took],o·ver·tak·en, o·ver·tak·ing. to pass another vehicle: Never overtake on a curve. overtake. / ˌəʊvəˈteɪk / verb.
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