FromMiddle Englishovertaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verbtaken replacednimen(“to take”)), ofMiddle Englishovernimen(“to overtake”), fromOld Englishoferniman(“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent toover- +take.
overtake (third-person singular simple presentovertakes,present participleovertaking,simple pastovertook,past participleovertaken)
- Topass a slower movingobject orentity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
- Antonym:undertake(“to pass a slower moving vehicle on thecurbside”)
The racehorseovertook the lead pack on the last turn.
The car was so slow we wereovertaken by a bus.
1862,[William] Wilkie Collins, chapter II, inNo Name. […], volume II, London:Sampson Low, Son, & Co., […],→OCLC, 4th (Aldborough, Suffolk),pages176–177:"I won't over-walk myself," he said, cheerfully. "If the coach doesn'tovertake me on the road, I can wait for it where I stop to breakfast. Dry your eyes, my dear; and give me a kiss."
2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London service”, inModern Railways, page18:The station is planned to include platform loops enabling fast trains toovertake slower ones and is expected to be served by at least four trains per hour towards London.
- (economics) To becomegreater than something else
- To occurunexpectedly; take bysurprise; surprise andovercome;carry away
Our plans wereovertaken by events.
to pass a more slowly moving object
- Arabic:سَبَقَ(sabaqa)
- Hijazi Arabic:سَبَق(sabag)
- Armenian:հասնել (hy)(hasnel),առաջանցնել(aṙaǰ ancʻnel),վազանցանել(vazancʻ anel),աբգոնանել(abgon anel)(colloquial)
- Aromanian:astrec,antrec
- Azerbaijani:ötmək (az)
- Bulgarian:задминавам (bg)(zadminavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:超 (zh)(chāo),賽過 /赛过 (zh)(sàiguò)
- Danish:overhale
- Dutch:inhalen (nl)
- Esperanto:preterpasi (eo)
- Finnish:ohittaa (fi)
- French:dépasser (fr),doubler (fr)
- German:überholen (de)
- Greek:ξεπερνάω (el)(xepernáo)
- Ancient:φθάνω(phthánō),καταλαμβάνω(katalambánō)
- Hungarian:előz (hu)
- Icelandic:fara fram úr
- Irish:tar suas (le)
- Italian:superare (it),sorpassare (it)
- Japanese:追い越す (ja)(oikosu)
- Khmer:ផ្ដាច់ (km)(phdac)
- Korean:따라잡다(ttarajapda)
- Ladin:passé dant
- Latin:adipiscor
- Lithuanian:aplenkti
- Maori:taha,hipa,poki,popoki
- Mongolian:гүйцэх (mn)(güjcex),нөхөх (mn)(nöxöx),эзэмдэх (mn)(ezemdex),төрөх (mn)(töröx)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:kjøre forbi
- Nynorsk:køyre forbi
- Polish:wyprzedzać (pl) impf,wyprzedzić (pl) pf
- Portuguese:ultrapassar (pt)
- Romanian:întrece (ro),depăși (ro)
- Russian:обгоня́ть (ru)(obgonjátʹ),обогна́ть (ru)(obognátʹ)
- Slovak:predbehnúť,predbiehať
- Spanish:rebasar (es),sobrepasar (es),adelantar (es)
- Swedish:köra om (sv)
- Thai:please add this translation if you can
- Turkish:sollamak (tr),geçmek (tr)
- Vietnamese:vượt (vi)
- ǃXóõ:ǃkʻqáa
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to catch up with, but not pass
economics: to become greater than something else
to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
overtake (pluralovertakes)
- An act of overtaking; an overtakingmaneuver.
There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for anovertake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.
overtake (present tenseovertek,past tenseovertok,past participleoverteke,passive infinitiveovertakast,present participleovertakande,imperativeovertak)
- Alternative form ofovertaka
