Overtaking
noun, verb
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of overtake form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"It is foreseen that, due to the decline in grain production, China will quickly become a world leading grain importing country, overtaking Japan."