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overtakings

overtakings is the plural of overtaking.

Meaning of overtaking

Noun

overtaking (plural overtakings)

  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.2007, Majid Ali Khan, Coalition Formation and Teamwork in Embodied Agents, page 61
    Antonyms:
    undertaking

Questions about overtakings

What is overtakings the plural of?
Overtakings is the plural of overtaking.

Words near overtakings in the dictionary

  1. overtakes
  2. overtaketh
  3. overtaking
  4. overtaking lane
  5. overtaking lanes
  6. overtakings
  7. overtalented
  8. overtalk
  9. overtalkative
  10. overtalkativeness
  11. overtalked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overtakings (page history and authors); overtaking (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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