OVERTAKING
Dictionary entry overview: What does overtaking mean? • OVERTAKING (noun)
The noun OVERTAKING has 1 sense:
1. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Familiarity information: OVERTAKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERTAKING (noun)
Meaning:
Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
overtaking; passing
Context example:
she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
Hypernyms ("overtaking" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
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