transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)teɪk ]
( 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