overtake
to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
to catch up with and pass, as in a race; move by: He overtook the leader three laps from the finish.
to move ahead of in achievement, production, score, etc.; surpass: to overtake all other countries in steel production.
to happen to or befall someone suddenly or unexpectedly, as night, a storm, or death: The pounding rainstorm overtook them just outside the city.
to pass another vehicle: Never overtake on a curve.
Origin of overtake
1Other words from overtake
- un·o·ver·tak·en, adjective
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How to use overtake in a sentence
Print revenues are a bleaker picture, contributing to The Wall Street Journal reporting that digital ad revenues have overtaken print for the first time.
‘It’s less dire than it seemed to be’: How The Wall Street Journal’s digital ads business has weathered the downturn | Lucinda Southern | August 20, 2020 | DigidayYou also forecast that, by 2035, China will overtake the United States as the largest economy.
How Rising Education for Women Is Shaping the Global Population - Facts So Romantic | Kiki Sanford | August 19, 2020 | NautilusBoth executives have helped steer the company through its digital transformation and, in the second quarter, its digital revenue overtook its print revenue for the first time.
How the world’s biggest media companies fared through the ongoing crisis in Q2 | Lara O'Reilly | August 12, 2020 | DigidayThat level of error correction should noticeably extend the time before errors overtake the qubit.
To live up to the hype, quantum computers must repair their error problems | Emily Conover | June 22, 2020 | Science NewsIn short, experimental science needs to overtake the observational science that has dominated the field.
Their role, Sudani said, is not to overtake the Iraqi military but to help it.
Uganda has intervened on the side of the Government of South Sudan, including providing air support to overtake opposition forces.
Before There’s a Genocide: The Slaughter in South Sudan Must Stop | Justine Fleischner, John Prendergast | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis year, as CNBC reports, technology could overtake apparel as the go-to gift.
If the recount would have continued on Dec. 9, Gore would not have picked up enough overvotes to overtake Bush.
What if the Supreme Court Had Declined to Hear Bush v. Gore? | Megan McArdle | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he finally goes to see a dentist, he learns that he has an abscess: the tooth is rotten, threatening to overtake his jaw.
On the broken porch of the abandoned house Amy stopped and waited for her chum to overtake her.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseIn tax-paying circles it is said that the fashionable thing will be to start now and let the airship overtake you if it can.
The laws of the Church of God remain immutable, amid the changes that overtake the various communities of men.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamWalk while ye have the light that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
His Last Week | William E. BartonMoreover, he continued his swift course, always approaching and tending to overtake the slower bodies that preceded him, viz.
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British Dictionary definitions for overtake
/ (ˌəʊvəˈteɪk) /
mainly British to move past (another vehicle or person) travelling in the same direction
(tr) to pass or do better than, after catching up with
(tr) to come upon suddenly or unexpectedly: night overtook him
(tr) to catch up with; draw level with
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