overtaking
overtaking is the present participle and gerund of overtake.
Meaning of overtake
Verb
overtake (third-person singular simple present overtakes, present participle overtaking, simple past overtook, past participle overtaken)
- To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
- The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
- Synonyms:
- forge
- Antonyms:
- undertake[curbside]]>
- To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
- Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
- To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
- Our plans were overtaken by events.
Noun
overtaking (plural overtakings)
- 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.2007, Majid Ali Khan, Coalition Formation and Teamwork in Embodied Agents, page 61
- Antonyms:
- undertaking
Antonyms of overtaking
Forms of overtaking
| plural | overtakings |
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Words formed from overtaking
Phrases with overtaking
Questions about overtaking
- What does overtaking mean?
- Overtaking means the act by which one thing overtakes another.
- What is overtaking the present participle and gerund of?
- Overtaking is the present participle and gerund of overtake.
- What part of speech is overtaking?
- Overtaking is a noun.
- What is the plural of overtaking?
- The plural of overtaking is overtakings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overtaking (page history and authors); overtake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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