Meaning

5 senses
  1. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

    überholen, modernisieren

    ремонти́роватьremontírovatʹ, перебиратьperebiratʹ

  2. To pass, overtake, or travel past.

    überholen

    travel past

  3. To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

  4. (transitive)To search (a ship) for contraband goods.

  5. To carry out an overhaul.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The engine needs a total overhaul.

    ruДвигателю нужен капитальный ремонт.

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  2. The dictator called his plan a "judicial overhaul."

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  3. Ventilation systems would need to be overhauled to “minimize recirculating air.”

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  4. Kenya is embarking on a pilot program to overhaul its education system.

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  5. The website needs an overhaul.

    deDie Webseite müsste mal überholt werden.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely:

Forms

overhauls, overhauling, overhauled, overhauled
Base formoverhaul · to overhaul
3rd person singularoverhauls
Present participleoverhauling
Past simpleoverhauled
Past participleoverhauled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverhaul
he, she, itoverhauls

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverhauled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overhauled
he, she, ithas overhauled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overhaul

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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