Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - overtake
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Overtake
overtake
~ v past tense overtook, past participle overtaken 1 to go past a moving vehicle or person because you are going faster than them and want to get in front of them (He pulled out to overtake the red van.) 2 if something bad overtakes you, it happens to you suddenly and prevents you from doing what you had planned to do + by (We'd both been overtaken by sheer fatigue) 3 to develop or increase more quickly than someone or something else and become bigger, better, or more advanced than them (By 1970 the Americans had overtaken the Russians in space technology.) 4 be overtaken by events if you are overtaken by events, the situation changes, so that your plans or ideas are not useful any more (His last years were spent working from a theory that was rapidly being overtaken by events.)
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1.
(overtakes, overtaking, overtook, overtaken) 1. If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use pass) When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane... The red car was pulling out ready to overtake. VERB: V n, V 2. If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them. Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini’s biggest market. VERB: V n 3. If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however. = befall VERB: V n 4. If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. (LITERARY) Something like panic overtook me... = overwhelm VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (overtook; ~n; -taking) Etymology: Middle English, from 1over + taken to take Date: 13th century 1. a. to catch up with b. to catch up with and pass by 2. to come upon suddenly ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v.tr. (past -took; past part. -taken) 1 (also absol.) catch up with and pass in the same direction. 2 (of a storm, misfortune, etc.) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon. 3 become level with and exceed (a compared value etc.). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. обгон 2. догонять, наверстывать to overtake another car —- догнать другую машину; поравняться с другой машиной to overtake arrears of work —- ликвидировать отставания в работе 3. перегонять; обходить; объезжать they soon overtook us and were at the picnic grounds before we arrived —- они вскоре обогнли нас и оказались на месте пикника раньше demand has overtaken supply —- спрос превысил предложение 4. застигнуть (врасплох) to be overtaken by a storm —- быть застигнутым грозой disaster overtook them —- их неожиданно постигло несчастье 5. овладевать to be overtaken fear —- быть охваченным страхом overtaken with drink —- пьяный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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arrears а) погашать задолженность; б) наверстать упущенное OVERTAKE v. 1) догнать, наверстать, - overtake arrears 2) застигнуть врасплох; disaster overtook him - его постигло несчастье 3) овладевать; to be overtaken by terror - быть охваченным ужасом; overtaken in/with drink - пьяный ...Англо-русский словарь
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