Overtake
verb
To catch up and pass while travelling in the same direction.
The race car driver was quick to overtake his competitors.
verb
To happen to suddenly or unexpectedly.
Tragedy can overtake anyone at any time.
verb
To catch up with and dispossess.
She was overtake by her debts.
verb
To overwhelm with something.
Though she tried to stay strong, her emotions overtake her.
verb
To catch up and pass while travelling in the same direction.
The race car driver was quick to overtake his competitors.
verb
To happen to suddenly or unexpectedly.
Tragedy can overtake anyone at any time.
verb
To catch up with and dispossess.
She was overtake by her debts.
verb
To overwhelm with something.
Though she tried to stay strong, her emotions overtake her.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Usually relates to vehicles or sports where one moves faster and passes another.
The cyclist struggled to overtake the front runner.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Edge
Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive situation, often in sports or business.
The company hopes to overtake its rival with this new product.
Pro Tip 3/3Precedence in Position
Conveys moving ahead in ranking, not just physical location.
She managed to overtake her classmate in the final exam rankings.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Usually relates to vehicles or sports where one moves faster and passes another.
The cyclist struggled to overtake the front runner.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Edge
Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive situation, often in sports or business.
The company hopes to overtake its rival with this new product.
Pro Tip 3/3Precedence in Position
Conveys moving ahead in ranking, not just physical location.
She managed to overtake her classmate in the final exam rankings.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Usually relates to vehicles or sports where one moves faster and passes another.
The cyclist struggled to overtake the front runner.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Edge
Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive situation, often in sports or business.
The company hopes to overtake its rival with this new product.
Pro Tip 3/3Precedence in Position
Conveys moving ahead in ranking, not just physical location.
She managed to overtake her classmate in the final exam rankings.
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How generational...
They're incredibly pragmatic, they're hopeful and they're determined. They think they're going to change the world, in fact, I believe they're going to do it. They might be a little bit idealistic sometimes, but in just the last several years, we've seen millennials overtake Generation X
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The sonic boom problem -...
that the picture changes dramatically. As it overtakes sound waves it has emitted, while generating new ones from its current position, the waves are forced together, forming a Mach cone. No sound is heard as it approaches an observer
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Paving the way towards...
completely wireless when the number with mobile phone lines overtook fixed lines around the turn of the century we have also heard that what what that Africa's wireless sector is the fastest growing in the whole world more fiber optic
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
cultural practices without having to worry about it being overtaken by these Western influences yet as we know time moves on every day is a new day and everyone wants a better living in a better existence for theirselves in the
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Greg Long: Big Wave...
We get to the bottom and we both immediately realize that we've misjudged the speed, and our distance to the shoulder. And we are immediately overtaken by this mountain of white water. Now, I've ridden bigger waves in my life.
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Photographing the...
right up into the center of his mouth Tom and aedra kick into high gear and swim hard to overtake the whale shark she's swimming as hard as you can and I needed to catch up with the shark pushing the camera helping and while I
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Srdja Popovic: How to...
or be overtaken by the military or extremists of all kinds? We cannot tell. The same works for the Western sector, where you can see all these excited young people protesting around the world, occupying this, occupying that.
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Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
That's when the dinosaurs went extinct, that's when 75 percent of the animal and plant species went extinct, and that's when mammals overtook their ecological niche, and to anthropomorphize, biological evolution said,
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Finding Little Owls in...
A saw, This is an antique. Look how the spiderwebs have just completely overtaken it as well. Put your hand under it. Let's see if it works. Not putting my hand in it, but that is a health and safety hazard.
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Dena Simmons: How...
She worried that the violence we witnessed would overtake our lives; that our poverty meant that the neighbors with whom we lived and shared space would harm us. Our entire life was in the Bronx,
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How generational...
They're incredibly pragmatic, they're hopeful and they're determined. They think they're going to change the world, in fact, I believe they're going to do it. They might be a little bit idealistic sometimes, but in just the last several years, we've seen millennials overtake Generation X
Video examples
The sonic boom problem -...
that the picture changes dramatically. As it overtakes sound waves it has emitted, while generating new ones from its current position, the waves are forced together, forming a Mach cone. No sound is heard as it approaches an observer
Video examples
Paving the way towards...
completely wireless when the number with mobile phone lines overtook fixed lines around the turn of the century we have also heard that what what that Africa's wireless sector is the fastest growing in the whole world more fiber optic
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
cultural practices without having to worry about it being overtaken by these Western influences yet as we know time moves on every day is a new day and everyone wants a better living in a better existence for theirselves in the
Video examples
Greg Long: Big Wave...
We get to the bottom and we both immediately realize that we've misjudged the speed, and our distance to the shoulder. And we are immediately overtaken by this mountain of white water. Now, I've ridden bigger waves in my life.
Video examples
Photographing the...
right up into the center of his mouth Tom and aedra kick into high gear and swim hard to overtake the whale shark she's swimming as hard as you can and I needed to catch up with the shark pushing the camera helping and while I
Video examples
Srdja Popovic: How to...
or be overtaken by the military or extremists of all kinds? We cannot tell. The same works for the Western sector, where you can see all these excited young people protesting around the world, occupying this, occupying that.
Video examples
Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
That's when the dinosaurs went extinct, that's when 75 percent of the animal and plant species went extinct, and that's when mammals overtook their ecological niche, and to anthropomorphize, biological evolution said,
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
A saw, This is an antique. Look how the spiderwebs have just completely overtaken it as well. Put your hand under it. Let's see if it works. Not putting my hand in it, but that is a health and safety hazard.
Video examples
Dena Simmons: How...
She worried that the violence we witnessed would overtake our lives; that our poverty meant that the neighbors with whom we lived and shared space would harm us. Our entire life was in the Bronx,
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.
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Rafael van der Vaart
Dutch Athlete
I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!
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St. Lucia
South African Musician
It's easy when you're working together to let work things overtake your life, when all you're talking about is work, and you never leave that space.
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Robert Kubica
Polish Driver
KERS definitely helps on a straight when you want to overtake somebody who doesn't have the system.
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Katherine Anne Porter
American Journalist
Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.
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Joy Harjo
American Poet
My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.
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Margo Price
American Musician
You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.
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Julian Casablancas
American Musician
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Quote examples
Napoleon Hill
American Author
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Quote examples
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
Quote examples
Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.
Quote examples
Rafael van der Vaart
Dutch Athlete
I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!
Quote examples
St. Lucia
South African Musician
It's easy when you're working together to let work things overtake your life, when all you're talking about is work, and you never leave that space.
Quote examples
Robert Kubica
Polish Driver
KERS definitely helps on a straight when you want to overtake somebody who doesn't have the system.
Quote examples
Katherine Anne Porter
American Journalist
Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.
Quote examples
Joy Harjo
American Poet
My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.
Quote examples
Margo Price
American Musician
You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.
Quote examples
Julian Casablancas
American Musician
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Example 1 of 10
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