Usually means: Surpass another in moving forward.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. overtake: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overtake: Merriam-Webster
  3. overtake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overtake: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. overtake: Collins English Dictionary
  6. overtake: Vocabulary.com
  7. Overtake, overtake: Wordnik
  8. overtake: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. overtake: Wiktionary
  10. overtake: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. overtake: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. overtake: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Overtake, overtake: Dictionary.com
  14. overtake: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. overtake: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Overtake (video game), Overtake: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Overtake: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. overtake: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. overtake: Rhymezone
  20. Overtake: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. overtake: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Overtake: Britih-American Dictionary
  23. overtake: FreeDictionary.org
  24. overtake: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. overtake: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. overtake: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overtake: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overtake: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
verb:  (economics) To become greater than something else
verb:  To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away
noun:  An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.

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