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Definition: Meaning of, overtake in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / əʊvəˈteɪk /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
overtake overtook overtaken
Present Participle Third Person Singular
overtaking overtakes
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to go past a moving vehicle or person because you are going faster than them and want to get in front of them
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  2. [transitive] to develop or increase more quickly than someone or something else and become more successful, more important, or more advanced than them
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  3. [transitive] if something bad, especially a feeling, overtakes you, it happens to you suddenly and has a strong effect on you [↪  overcome]
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  4. be overtaken by events if you are overtaken by events, the situation changes, so that your plans or ideas are not useful any more
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