Overtake

Definition: Overtake

Overtake

Verb

1. Catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp".

2. Travel past, as of a vehicle; "The sports car passed all the trucks" ".

3. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "overtake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Overtake \O`ver*take"\, transitive verb. [Imperative Overtook; present participle Overtaken; present participle verb or noun Overtaking.]. (references)

Synonyms: Overtake

Arrival

Verb: arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete; join, rejoin.

Crosswords: Overtake

Books

• Night Shall Overtake Us (reference)

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Music

• ODOO (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Floodwaters overtake this farm near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Credit: Unknown.

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It has been objected that upon the abolition of private property all work will cease, and universal laziness will overtake us. (reference)

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I did not know how I could reach him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more

We shall soon overtake her.

When, a few minutes afterwards, the stage started off for Lagny, it did not overtake him in the main street of Chelles

He hurried onwards as if to overtake it.

Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home

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Business

Next year, services will, for the first time, overtake basic access provision in revenue terms. (references)

Analyst predict that together mobile devices - phones and PDAs and Digital Television will soon overtake the PC as the preferred tool of Internet access. (references)

Economic History

Argentina

In recent years, countries from Asia have begun to overtake their European competitors, accounting for three of the top five positions for import sales into Argentina. (references)

Netherlands

Data communication is rapidly expanding and expected to gradually overtake voice telephony in importance as a result of the current Internet and E-commerce developments. (references)

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Afrikaans

verbysteek (overhaul, pass), verbygaan (pass, pass by). (various references)

Albanian

zë në befasi, pushtoj (carry, conquer, creep over, enfold, engross, envelop, fold, hog, invade, jump, obsess, overcome, overreach, overrun, overwhelm, pervade, possess, reach, reduce, reign, rush back, seize, smite, straddle, sweep, take, take a fancy to, take possession of), parakaloj (March, parade, pass), lë pas (distance, Excel, leave behind, outlive, outpace, outride, outrun, outstrip, surpass), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاجأ (catch, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take), ‏تخطى (bestride, encroach, encroachment, exceed, go beyond, outrun, overpass, overreach, overshoot, overstep, run over, skip, surpass, transgress, tread over), ‏تجاوز (cap, encroach, encroachment, exceed, excuse, jut, leapfrog, obtrude, omission, outbalance, outmatch, outrun, outstrip, overreach, override, overrun, overtaking, pass, passing, project, rise, span, surpass, transcend, transcendence, transgress, trespass), ‏ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip), ‏ألحق ب (catch up on, go in, join), ‏أدرك (apprehend, awake, comprehend, feel, follow, get at, observe, overhaul, penetrate, perceive, pierce, realize, recognize, rejoin, see, see daylight, sense, sober up, take, twig, understand). (various references)

Bulgarian 

връхлитам (hawk, rush, souse, swoop), обхващам (comprehend, comprise, embed, encompass, envelop, grip, include, obsess, overcome, pervade, possess, seize, span, spread, take in), обземам (fall, obsess, permeate, settle down), настигам (catch, catch up, gain on, gain upon, overhaul, ride down), застигам (run down), завладявам (carry, conquer, devour, engage, engross, force, invade, obsess, overcome, overreach, overwhelm, prepossess, seize, take over, take possession of), идвам внезапно. (various references)

Chinese 

追上 . (various references)

Czech

překvapit (stagger, startle, strike, surprise), předstihnout (outclass, outdistance, outdo, outrun, outstrip, surpass, throw out), předjet, dohonit (catch, overhaul). (various references)

Danish

overhalingslys (headlight flasher, optical overtake signal), overhale (overtake a vessel, to overtake). (various references)

Dutch

inhalen (accomplish, achieve, attain, earn back, get, overhaul, pass, passing, reach, regain, win back). (various references)

Esperanto

preterveturi (overhaul, pass), preterpasi (pass by), devanci (overhaul, pass). (various references)

Faeroese

ganga fremstur (overhaul, pass), ganga á odda (overhaul, pass), fara framvið (pass by). (various references)

Farsi 

سبقت گرفتن بر (Outdistance, Outmaneuver), رسیدن به (Reach, Touch), ردشدن از. (various references)

Finnish

ohittaa (pass), tavoittaa (catch, catch up with, find reach, try to catch, try to get hold of), saavuttaa (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, catch up with, gain, get, obtain, reach, win). (various references)

French

dépasser (overhaul, overpass, overrun, overshoot, overstep, run over, tread over), rejoindre, doubler (overhaul). (various references)

German

einholen (catch up, gain on, gain upon, haul down, haul in, lower, make good, make up, obtain, overtaking, pull in, reel in, ride down, take down, wind in), überraschen (astonish, catch unawares, overtaken, surprise, take aback, take by surprise, to surprise, to take by surprise), überholen (ferry, keel over, outstrip, overhaul, overtaken, pass, passing, refit, revise, revision, to outdistance, to outstrip, to overhaul, to overtake, to recondition, to refit). (various references)

Greek 

ξεπερνώ (exceed, get ahead, outdistance, outdo, outgrow, outreach, outrun, outstrip, overcome, surmount, surpass, tide over, transcend), προσπερνώ (pass by). (various references)

Hungarian

megelõz (anticipate, forego, forestall, gain on, gain upon, obviate, outdistance, outstrip, pass, precede, prelude, prevent), legyõz (bear down, conquer, defeat, down, get the best of, get the better of, master, outmatch, overcome, overmatch, overplay, overpower, overrule, overturn, rout, subject, tide over, vanquish, worst), elõz, elér (accomplish, achieve, attain, gain, get, get at, get hold of, got, made, reach, to attain, to chalk up, to come up with, to get, to make, to realize). (various references)

Indonesian

menyusul, mengejar (give chase to, mob, pursue). (various references)

Italian

sorpassare (exceed to surpass, go beyond, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outpace, overhaul, overpass, recondition, surpass). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

追い着く (to catch up, to overtake), 追いつく (to catch up, to overtake), 追い付く (to catch up, to overtake), 抜き去る (to overtake, topass). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おいつく (to catch up, to overtake), ぬきさる (to overtake, topass). (various references)

Korean 

능가십시요. (various references)

Manx

berraghtyn er (overhaul, pass), berraghtyn (catch, pull ahead). (various references)

Pig Latin

overtakeay.(various references)

Portuguese

ultrapassar (better, break, cross, distance, exceed, excel, get out, go beyond, outbalance, outbid, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outlive, outmarch, outpace, outrun, outstrip, out-top, outvie, overhaul, overpass, overreach, override, overshoot, overtop, pass by, surpass, transcend, transfer, transgress, whop). (various references)

Romanian

surprinde (astonish, catch, overhear, startle, surprise), pune stãpânire pe (grasp, invade, occupy, overpower, seize, take, take hold of, take possession of), face faţã (front, meet, outface, stand up to), devansa (outrun, overhaul, pass), depåşi (overhaul, pass), depãşi (beat, better, defy, exceed, Excel, forereach, get ahead of, go by, head, outdo, outreach, outrun, outstep, outstrip, overmatch, overreach, overrun, overshoot, pass, surpass, top, transcend, transgress), cuprinde (accommodate, admit, aggregate, carry, come over, comprehend, comprise, conquer, contain, cover, embosom, embrace, enlace, envelop, grasp, grip, Harbor, harbour, include, includes, prepossess, receive, reckon, see, seize, span), ajunge din urmã (catch up, come up with, overhaul), ajunge (accede, accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, become, bump, come, do, end up, gain, get, hit, land, manage, reach, secure, suffice, that will do, touch), întrece (anticipate, beat, better, compete, distance, exceed, head, match, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outvie, overbear, overhaul, pass, precede, predominate, surpass, top, vie), îndeplini în cele din urmã. (various references)

Russian 

овладеть (invade, obsess), овладевать (come, gain possession, overreach, overwhelm, possess), настигать, нагнать (catch up), наверстать (recover), застигать врасплох, застигать, догонять (catch up to, overtaken, overtook), догнать (catch up, regain, run down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

preteći (forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, outdrive, outgo, over-take, pass, threatening), prestići (ahead of, outdistance, out-distance, outdrive, outmarch, outpace, outrival, outstrip, over-take, pass, shoot ahead). (various references)

Spanish

adelantar (advance, anticipate, bring forward, farther, forego, further, outdistance, outgo, outmarch, outride, outwalk, overhaul, pass, put forward, put on, set forward, shift, to pass), alcanzar (accomplish, achieve, acquire, add up to, amount, arrive at, attain, carry, catch up, catch up with, come up with, do, gain, get, get at, hit, jockey, last out, make up on, obtain, overhaul, reach, throw in, throw out, touch, win, win through). (various references)

Swedish

köra om (over-take, pass). (various references)

Turkish

yetişmek (catch, catch up, catch up on, come up with, draw up, equal, grow, hand up, keep up with, pull up, pull up to, pull up with, reach, run smb. close), yetişip geçmek, yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), sollamak, bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip). (various references)

Turkmen 

ozmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

спіткати (betide), охоплювати (blanket, comprehend, comprise, cover, cut across, encircle, grip, grow on, lap, overwhelm, prepossess, rap, wrap), опановувати, наздогнати (catch, catch up), надолужити, застукати, захопити зненацька (take aback, take by surprise). (various references)

Welsh

goddiweddyd. (various references)

adepti, adeptus, adipisci, adipiscor, adprehendam, adprehendant, adprehendat, adprehende, adprehendebam, adprehendens, adprehendensque, adprehendent, adprehendentes, adprehendentque, adprehendentur, adprehendere, adprehenderent, adprehenderint, adprehenderit, adprehenderunt, adprehendes, adprehendet, adprehendetur, adprehendi, adprehendissent, adprehendisset, adprehendit, adprehendite, adprehensa, adprehensam, adprehensi, adprehensis, adprehensoque, adprehensosque, adprehensum, adprehensumque, adprehensus, consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur, deprehendo, insecuti, insecutus, insequebantur, insequentur, insequitur, occupabit, occupans, occupare, occuparentur, occupastis, occupate, occupati, occupatis, occupaverat, occupaverunt, occupaveruntque, occupavit, occupet, persecuti, persecutique, persecutus, persecutusque, persequamur, persequantur, persequar, persequatur, persequebantur, persequebar, persequebatur, persequemini, persequendos, persequendum, persequens, persequente, persequentem, persequentes, persequentesque, persequentibus, persequentis, persequentium, persequentur, persequere, persequerentur, persequeretur, persequeris, persequetur, persequi, persequimini, persequitur, persequor, persequuntur. (various references)

beridan. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "overtake": overtaken, overtakes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Overtake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: o'ertake, oervtake, overace, overbaked, overta, overtank. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: takeover.

-1 letter: overate, overeat.

-2 letters: evoker, retake, revoke, revote, vetoer.

-3 letters: arete, avert, eater, evert, evoke, korat, oater, orate, ovate, overt, rakee, reave, revet, taker, tarok, toker, trave, troak, troke, trove, voter.

-4 letters: aero, akee, arvo, aver, eave, ever, kart, keet, keto, kore, okra, over, rake, rate, rato, rave, reek, rete, rota, rote, rove, take, tare.

+1 letter: overtaken, overtakes, takeovers.

+2 letters: overtalked, overtasked.

+4 letters: antitakeover.

+5 letters: overtalkative.