Overtake

/oʊvɚˈteɪk/

Synonyms for "overtake" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Verb(5 words)
passbe overtakenbe surpassedcatchcatch up with
Noun(1 words)
algae dominated pond ecosystem
attendbefallbooze upboozifycatch upcatch up withcome aftercome up tocome up withcome uponcrock

Strong matches (25)

displaceemanateensuefollow afterfollow upfuddlegaingain ongain upongo afterhitissuelapleave behindleave standingoutdistance
Verb(6 words)
exceedfall behindgrowth overtakelead changemarket gainoccluding
Noun(3 words)
lapslaps around trackleapfrogs

Related words (41)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

26 entries

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

13 entries
being outmodedbeing supersededcar passgrowth overtakemarket share overtakeoutdistance rivaloutpace growthoutstrip performanceovertake a vehiclepass trafficpassing maneuverrevenue overtakesurpass expectations

Collocations

10 entries
an overtakeovertake a rivalovertake maneuverovertake opportunityovertake rateovertake the competitionovertake the leadovertake windowovertaking maneuverovertaking speed

Inflections

4 entries

Derivations

5 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

11 translations across 9 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • догонвам verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Danish

1 entries
  • indhente verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • atingi verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Finnish

2 entries
  • saada kiinni verb (to catch up with, but not pass)
  • saavuttaa verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Galician

1 entries
  • acadar verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

German

1 entries
  • aufholen verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Italian

1 entries
  • raggiungere verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Slovak

2 entries
  • dobehnúť verb (to catch up with, but not pass)
  • dobiehať verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Spanish

1 entries
  • alcanzar verb (to catch up with, but not pass)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Supply will soon overtake demand.

Source: tatoeba (19283)

If you hurry, you will soon overtake her.

Source: tatoeba (30881)

If you hurry, you will overtake him.

Source: tatoeba (30902)

We could not overtake him.

Source: tatoeba (249193)

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