overtake
(verb)
verb
1. catch up with and possibly overtake
Similar word(s): catch
Definition categories: competition
2. travel past
Similar word(s): overhaul, pass
Definition categories: motion, advance, progress
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Similar word(s): overcome, overpower, overwhelm, whelm
Definition categories: emotion, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
Sentences with overtake as a verb:
- "Our plans were overtaken by events."