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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p. Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.] [1913 Webster] 1. To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion; also, to catch up with and move ahead of. [1913 Webster +PJC] Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. --Gen. xliv. 4. [1913 Webster] He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as, although out of school for half a year due to illness, the student returned and overtook all the others to finish as valedictorian. [PJC] 3. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. [1913 Webster] If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1 [1913 Webster] I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster] 5. To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by events. [PJC]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p. Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.] 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. --Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser. 2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak. 3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
overtaking n : going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me" [syn: passing]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
overtaking n. The act by which one thing overtakes another. vb. (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
overtaking n. The act by which one thing overtakes another. vb. (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
overtaking n. The act by which one thing overtakes another. vb. (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
overtaking n. The act by which one thing overtakes another. vb. (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
overtaking Englanti n. ohitus, ohittaa, edelle meno Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm o vertak ing e)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
overtaking Engelska a. (avledning en overtake ordform=prespart) Engelska n. (tagg transport språk=en) omkörning (på sidan närmast mötande trafik) Engelska vb. (böjning en verb overtake)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ الإجتيازFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]předjíždění
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ předjetíFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ [Br.] ÜberholenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][auto] "improper overtaking/passing" - falsches Überholen Synonym: passing
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ einholend, überholend, übertreffend see: overtake, overtakenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ ereilend, hereinbrechend, überraschend see: overtake, overtaken, it overtakes, it overtookFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ überholend Synonym: passing see: overtake a vehicle, pass a vehicle, overtaken, passed, overtakes, he/she passes, I/he/she overtookFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ προσπέρασμαFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]ohitus act
overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ elhagyásFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]/ˈoʊvɝˌteɪkɪŋ/
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