overtake
🇺🇸
/ˌəʊvərˈteɪk/
🇬🇧
/ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/
verb
R
to pass a moving vehicle or person by going faster
The car sped up to overtake the slow truck ahead.
R
to become more than something else in number, amount, or importance
Newer drugs quickly overtake older ones in effectiveness.
R
to suddenly affect someone with an unpleasant feeling or event
A sudden fear can overtake anyone in a dark place.
translation
to pass a moving vehicle or person by going faster; to become more than something else in number, amount, or importance; to suddenly affect someone with an unpleasant feeling or event
Word Forms
3rd Present
overtakes
Past
overtook
Perfect
overtaken
Progressive
overtaking