B2verb · irregular · transitive · rare

overtake

o·ver·take

overtake · overtakes · overtook · overtaken · overtaking

кувати, підробити, підробляти

обогнать, обгонять

überholen, überraschen, aufholen, überrumpeln

To pass a slower moving object or entityTo pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

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UK/əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/US/oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/

» If you hurry, you will overtake him.

Якщо поквапишся, то його наздоженеш.

Meaning

3 senses

To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
überholen
обгоня́тьobgonjátʹ, обогна́тьobognátʹ
(transitive)To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
überholen
To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
Our plans were overtaken by events.
aufholen, überraschen, überrumpeln

More definitions

catch up with and possibly overtake
travel past
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Examples

90 sentences

If you hurry, you will overtake him.
Якщо поквапишся, то його наздоженеш.
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Tom overtook me.
Том мене обігнав.
ruТом обогнал меня.
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He accelerated his car and overtook me.
ruОн добавил машине скорости и догнал меня.
deEr beschleunigte sein Auto und überholte mich.
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Their car overtook ours.
ruИх автомобиль обогнал наш.
deIhr Auto überholte unseres.
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We couldn't overtake Tom.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to pass a more slowly moving object:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to pass a more slowly moving object:

to catch up with, but not pass:

to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome:

Origin

From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb

From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take.

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