Čo znamená overtake v angličtine a aká je definícia overtake?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť overtake výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

overtake Význam & definícia

0 to go past something by being a greater amount or degree:
- Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe.
- We'd planned to hold a meeting tomorrow, but events have overtaken us (= things have changed).
- Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake (another car).
1 to happen to a person or a place suddenly and unexpectedly:
- The family was overtaken by tragedy several years ago, and they still haven't recovered.
2 to go beyond something by being a greater amount or degree, or to come from behind and move in front of:
- In the 1500-meter race, he finished with a late rush to overtake Barbosa in 1 minute, 44.84 seconds.
- The Bruins got within three points late in the game but just couldn’t overtake the Cowboys.
3 (esp. of unpleasant emotions or events) to happen suddenly and unexpectedly:
- The family was overtaken by tragedy several years ago.
4 to grow, develop, or progress more quickly than something else:
- Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe.
- Plastic soon overtook cash as Britain's most popular method of payment.

I accelerated to overtake the bus.
Garcia was gaining on her opponent throughout the race, but only overtook her at the very end.
A continuous white line in the middle of the road means no overtaking.
DVDs are overtaking videos in popularity.
Start-up occurs when the corner layer overtakes the front.
Through the mediation of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland, a series of morphological changes overtakes the little creature.
Other members were conscious of the need to make progress more urgently if the whole enterprise was not to be overtaken by events.
Thematic polarities were gradually overtaken by archival-based studies of groups and individuals.