overtake

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

overtakes

V_ing/Gerund

overtaking

V_ed/pp

overtookovertaken

1.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: forge
2.
(transitive)To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
3.
To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
Our plans were overtaken by events.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

overtakes

1.
An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

forge

Trái nghĩa

undertake[curbside]]>undertake (to pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside)

Cùng gốc / liên quan

overtakableovertakelessovertaker reovertake exceed surpassNot to be confused with take over.

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Nguồn gốc từ

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.