Overtaking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which one thing overtakes another.

    "Figure 3.12 shows the number of overtakings as a function of the density of the vehicles. In general, the smaller the number of overtakings, the safer the traffic."

  2. 2
    going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overtake form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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passingpassing

Example

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"It is foreseen that, due to the decline in grain production, China will quickly become a world leading grain importing country, overtaking Japan."

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overtaking lane

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