Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overtake
Participle: overtaken
Gerund: overtaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overtake |
| you | overtake |
| he;she;it | overtakes |
| we | overtake |
| you | overtake |
| they | overtake |
Perfect
| I | have overtaken |
| you | have overtaken |
| he;she;it | has overtaken |
| we | have overtaken |
| you | have overtaken |
| they | have overtaken |
Past
| I | overtook |
| you | overtook |
| he;she;it | overtook |
| we | overtook |
| you | overtook |
| they | overtook |
Pluperfect
| I | had overtaken |
| you | had overtaken |
| he;she;it | had overtaken |
| we | had overtaken |
| you | had overtaken |
| they | had overtaken |
Future
| I | will overtake |
| you | will overtake |
| he;she;it | will overtake |
| we | will overtake |
| you | will overtake |
| they | will overtake |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overtaken |
| you | will have overtaken |
| he;she;it | will have overtaken |
| we | will have overtaken |
| you | will have overtaken |
| they | will have overtaken |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overtake |
| you | overtake |
| he;she;it | overtake |
| we | overtake |
| you | overtake |
| they | overtake |
Perfect
| I | have overtaken |
| you | have overtaken |
| he;she;it | have overtaken |
| we | have overtaken |
| you | have overtaken |
| they | have overtaken |
Imperfect
| I | overtook |
| you | overtook |
| he;she;it | overtook |
| we | overtook |
| you | overtook |
| they | overtook |
Pluperfect
| I | had overtaken |
| you | had overtaken |
| he;she;it | had overtaken |
| we | had overtaken |
| you | had overtaken |
| they | had overtaken |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overtake |
| you | would overtake |
| he;she;it | would overtake |
| we | would overtake |
| you | would overtake |
| they | would overtake |
Perfect
| I | would have overtaken |
| you | would have overtaken |
| he;she;it | would have overtaken |
| we | would have overtaken |
| you | would have overtaken |
| they | would have overtaken |
Imperative
| you | overtake |
| we | Let's overtake |
| you | overtake |
Verbs conjugated like 'overtake'
betake,
caretake,
forsake,
mistake,
overtake,
partake,
retake,
shake,
take,
undertake,
Verbs similar to 'overtake'
overbake,
overmake,
overrake,
over-awe,
overage,
overawe,
overbrake,
overcare,
overdare,
overdate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to come up to, to catch in pursuit," c.1225 (implied in pp.
ouer-token), from
over +
take (q.v.).
2. From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take. See: Old English '
oferniman'.
Verbs referencing "overtake"
Cebuano obertik.
Sample Sentences
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The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
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The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
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"I won't over-walk myself," he said, cheerfully. "If the coach doesn't overtake me on the road, I can wait for it where I stop to breakfast. Dry your eyes, my dear; and give me a kiss." [1862, [William] Wilkie Collins, chapter II, in No Name. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., […], →OCLC, 4th (Aldborough, Suffolk), pages 176–177:]
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The station is planned to include platform loops enabling fast trains to overtake slower ones and is expected to be served by at least four trains per hour towards London. [2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:]
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Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
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Our plans were overtaken by events.
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VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, / And make me trauaile forth vvithout my cloake, / To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my vvay, / Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke. [1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:]