OVERTAKE (overtaken, overtook)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overtake mean?
• OVERTAKE (verb)
The verb OVERTAKE has 3 senses:
1. catch up with and possibly overtake
2. travel past
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Familiarity information: OVERTAKE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERTAKE (verb)
Meaning:
Catch up with and possibly overtake
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
catch up with; overtake; catch
Context example:
The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
"Overtake" entails doing...:
compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Travel past
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
overhaul; overtake; pass
Context example:
The sports car passed all the trucks
Hypernyms (to "overtake" is one way to...):
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overtake"):
get by (pass or move in front of)
clear; top (pass by, over, or under without making contact)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
These cars won't overtake
Meaning:
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
whelm; sweep over; overwhelm; overpower; overtake; overcome
Hypernyms (to "overtake" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overtake"):
devastate (overwhelm or overpower)
clutch; get hold of; seize (affect)
kill (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration)
benight (overtake with darkness or night)
knock out (overwhelm with admiration)
stagger (astound or overwhelm, as with shock)
lock (hold fast (in a certain state))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
