overtake
pronunciation
How to pronounce overtake in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvəˈteɪk]
How to pronounce overtake in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈteɪk]
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- Verb:
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- travel past
- overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Word Origin
- overtake (v.)
- "to come up to, to catch in pursuit," early 13c., from over- + take (v.). According to OED, originally "the running down and catching of a fugitive or beast of chase"; it finds the sense of over- in this word "not so clear." Related: Overtaken; overtaking. Old English had oferniman "to take away, carry off, seize, ravish."
Example
- 1. China 's box-office revenues may overtake america 's by 2020 .
- 2. But he 's equally responsible because he tried to overtake you .
- 3. When do you think china will overtake the u. s.private-jet market ?
- 4. In 2014 russia could overtake germany .
- 5. Plug in these numbers and china will overtake america in 2018 .