Definitions for overtake

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overtake o·ver·take

Spelling: [oh-ver-teyk]

IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈteɪk/

Overtake is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in overtake (aeekortv).

Definitions for overtake

verb (used with object)

1. to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with:
2. to catch up with and pass, as in a race; move by:
3. to move ahead of in achievement, production, score, etc.; surpass:
4. to happen to or befall someone suddenly or unexpectedly, as night, a storm, or death:

verb (used without object)

1. to pass another vehicle:

Origin of overtake

1175-1225; Middle English overtaken; see over-, take

Examples for overtake

When he finally goes to see a dentist, he learns that he has an abscess: the tooth is rotten, threatening to overtake his jaw.

Judgment might overtake them there, as it might at home, in house or field.

I thought you'd get wool-gathering over some weed or another, and maybe I'd overtake you.

This year, as CNBC reports, technology could overtake apparel as the go-to gift.

Their role, Sudani said, is not to overtake the Iraqi military but to help it.

Uganda has intervened on the side of the Government of South Sudan, including providing air support to overtake opposition forces.

No horse that the stragglers have stolen can overtake Gypsy.

If he walked fast he might yet overtake his friends ere they reached their destination.

If the recount would have continued on Dec. 9, Gore would not have picked up enough overvotes to overtake Bush.

The people with the cart could not overtake me, and I returned.