overtake

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯vəːteɪ̯k/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈoʊ̯vɚteɪ̯k/
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• rhymes with -eɪk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/
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• Canada, General-American: /oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 T EY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَبَقَ (sabaqa) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Arabic: سَبَق (sabag) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Armenian: հասնել (hasnel) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Armenian: առաջ անցնել (aṙaǰ ancʻnel) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Armenian: վազանց անել (vazancʻ anel) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Armenian: աբգոն անել (abgon anel) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Aromanian: astrec — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Aromanian: antrec — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Azerbaijani: ötmək — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Bulgarian: задминавам (zadminavam) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Chinese Mandarin: 超 (chāo) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Chinese Mandarin: 賽過 /赛过 (sàiguò) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Danish: overhale — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Dutch: inhalen — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Esperanto: preterpasi — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Finnish: ohittaa — to pass a more slowly moving object
• French: dépasser — to pass a more slowly moving object
• French: doubler — to pass a more slowly moving object
• German: überholen — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Greek: ξεπερνάω (xepernáo) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Ancient Greek: φθάνω (phthánō) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Ancient Greek: καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Hungarian: előz — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Icelandic: fara fram úr — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Irish: tar suas — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Italian: superare — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Italian: sorpassare — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Japanese: 追い越す (oikosu) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Khmer: ផ្ដាច់ (phdac) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Korean: 따라잡다 (ttarajapda) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Ladin: passé dant — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Latin: adipiscor — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Lithuanian: aplenkti — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Māori: taha — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Māori: hipa — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Māori: poki — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Māori: popoki — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Mongolian: гүйцэх (güjcex) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Mongolian: нөхөх (nöxöx) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Mongolian: эзэмдэх (ezemdex) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Mongolian: төрөх (töröx) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøre forbi — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: køyre forbi — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Polish: wyprzedzać — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Polish: wyprzedzić — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Portuguese: ultrapassar — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Romanian: întrece — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Romanian: depăși — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Russian: обгоня́ть (obgonjátʹ) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Russian: обогна́ть (obognátʹ) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Slovak: predbehnúť — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Slovak: predbiehať — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Spanish: rebasar — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Spanish: adelantar — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Spanish: gabelar — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Swedish: köra om — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Tamil: முந்து (muntu) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Thai: แซง (sɛɛng) — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Turkish: sollamak — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Turkish: geçmek — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Vietnamese: vượt — to pass a more slowly moving object
• ǃXóõ: ǃkʻqáa — to pass a more slowly moving object
• Bulgarian: догонвам (dogonvam) — to catch up with, but not pass
• Danish: indhente — to catch up with, but not pass
• Esperanto: atingi — to catch up with, but not pass
• Finnish: saavuttaa — to catch up with, but not pass
• Finnish: saada kiinni — to catch up with, but not pass
• Galician: acadar — to catch up with, but not pass
• German: aufholen — to catch up with, but not pass
• Italian: raggiungere — to catch up with, but not pass
• Slovak: dobehnúť — to catch up with, but not pass
• Slovak: dobiehať — to catch up with, but not pass
• Spanish: alcanzar — to catch up with, but not pass
• Danish: overgå — economics: to become greater than something else
• Finnish: kasvaa suuremmaksi kuin — economics: to become greater than something else
• Finnish: ohittaa — economics: to become greater than something else
• Galician: superar — economics: to become greater than something else
• German: überholen — economics: to become greater than something else
• Italian: superare — economics: to become greater than something else
• Italian: soverchiare — economics: to become greater than something else
• Italian: sopraffare — economics: to become greater than something else
• Norwegian Bokmål: passere — economics: to become greater than something else
• Spanish: superar — economics: to become greater than something else
• Danish: overraske — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• Finnish: yllättää — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• Finnish: muuttaa — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• French: surprendre — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• German: überraschen — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• German: überrumpeln — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• Italian: sorprendere — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome
• Spanish: sorprender — to occur unexpectedly take by surprise; surprise and overcome