Overtake — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

catch up with and possibly overtake

travel past

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊvɚtˈeɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊvətˈeɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊvətˈeɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌoʊvɚtˈeɪk/.

Examples

The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
The sports car passed all the trucks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

overpower whelm pass sweep over catch overhaul overwhelm overcome catch up with

Parts of Speech

verb	catch up with and possibly overtake “The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp”
verb	travel past “The sports car passed all the trucks”
verb	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Word Forms

overtaking	noun	going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
passage	noun	the motion of one object relative to another
passing	noun	the motion of one object relative to another

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

überholen

aufholen und möglicherweise überholen

🇫🇷French

dépasser

rattraper et éventuellement dépasser

🇪🇸Spanish

adelantar

alcanzar y posiblemente adelantar

🇮🇹Italian

sorpassare

raggiungere ed eventualmente sorpassare

🇳🇱Dutch

inhalen

inhalen en eventueel inhalen

🇵🇹Portuguese

ultrapassar

alcançar e possivelmente ultrapassar

🇷🇺Russian

догонять

догнать и, возможно, обогнать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आगे निकल

पकड़ना और संभवतः आगे निकल जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

ওভারটেক

সঙ্গে ধরা এবং সম্ভবত ওভারটেক

🇮🇳Tamil

முந்தி

பிடிக்கலாம் மற்றும் முந்தலாம்

🇮🇳Telugu

అధిగమించేందుకు

క్యాచ్ అప్ మరియు బహుశా అధిగమించేందుకు

🇮🇳Marathi

मागे टाकणे

पकडणे आणि शक्यतो मागे टाकणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

આગળ નીકળી જવું

સાથે પકડો અને સંભવતઃ આગળ નીકળી જાઓ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂದಿಕ್ಕಿ

ಹಿಡಿಯಿರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾಯಶಃ ಹಿಂದಿಕ್ಕಬಹುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മറികടക്കുക

പിടിക്കുക, ഒരുപക്ഷേ മറികടക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਓਵਰਟੇਕ

ਨਾਲ ਫੜੋ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਭਵ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਓਵਰਟੇਕ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

اوورٹیک

کے ساتھ پکڑنا اور ممکنہ طور پر آگے نکل جانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

超过

赶上并可能超越

🇯🇵Japanese

追い越す

追いつき、もしかしたら追い越すかもしれない

🇰🇷Korean

추월하다

따라잡거나 추월할 수도 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vượt qua

bắt kịp và có thể vượt qua

🇹🇭Thai

แซง

ตามทันและอาจแซงได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyusul

mengejar dan mungkin menyalip

🇵🇭Filipino

maabutan

makahabol at posibleng maabutan

🇲🇾Malay

memotong

mengejar dan mungkin memintas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تجاوز

اللحاق وربما التجاوز

🇮🇷Persian

سبقت گرفتن

به عقب برسند و احتمالاً سبقت بگیرند

🇹🇷Turkish

sollamak

yetişin ve muhtemelen geçin

🇮🇱Hebrew

לַעֲקוֹף

להתעדכן ואולי לעקוף

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