overtake
Meaning of overtake
verb
- To pass a more slowly moving object or entity.
The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
- To become greater than something else
- To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away
Our plans were overtaken by events.
Information about overtake
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of overtake is: overtakes.
- Languages in which overtake is used:
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Hyphenation of overtake
over-take
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- overtake is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
overtake synonyms
Meaning catch:
Meaning pass:
Meaning overwhelm:
overwhelm, overpower, whelm, overcome
Translation of overtake
- German: passieren, überholen
- Spanish: pasar, adelantar, alcanzar
- French: doubler, dépasser
- Italian: oltrepassare, sorpassare, riprendere, recuperare
Anagrams of overtake
Words that rhyme with overtake
take, Hayatake, atake, betake, caretake, foretake, rebetake, retake, offtake, withtake, bitake, shiitake, shitake, stocktake, downtake, intake, wapentake, reuptake, uptake, entertake, fortake, hartake, partake, pertake, prepartake, preundertake, reovertake, repartake, reundertake, undertake, alestake, bridestake, grubstake, mistake, peastake, restake, soopstake, stake, sweepstake, swoopstake, outtake, newtake
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