overtaking
Meaning of overtaking
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.
noun
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
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Hyphenation of overtaking
over-tak-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- overtaking is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
overtaking synonyms
Meaning passing:
Words that rhyme with overtaking
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