overtake

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (verb) (UK) IPA(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈteɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /oʊvɚˈteɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk (noun) (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)teɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚteɪk/ === Verb === overtake (third-person singular simple present overtakes, present participle overtaking, simple past overtook, past participle overtaken) To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic). Synonym: forge Antonym: undertake (“to pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside”) (transitive) To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc. To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== exceed surpass Not to be confused with take over. === Noun === overtake (plural overtakes) An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver. === Anagrams === take over, takeover == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === overtake (present tense overtek, past tense overtok, past participle overteke, passive infinitive overtakast, present participle overtakande, imperative overtak) alternative form of overtaka