Verb (used with object) : By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train. ,He overtook the leader three laps from the finish. ,to overtake all other countries in steel production. ,The pounding rainstorm overtook them just outside the city. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : Never overtake on a curve. From Dictionary.com.
One thing is certain: for the speaker this encounter with the urn is full of surprise, and what he has seen has "overtaken" his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Deforming Keat's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'] Reference
Ms Hudson went on to say that Britain had been "overtaken" by President Obama's vision. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk] Reference
I want to prevent that this client machine is "overtaken" by software like LANDESK in a deployment. From Wordnik.com. [Mac Geekery - Comments] Reference
It was big news around the world: China has "overtaken" Japan as the world's second-richest economy. From Wordnik.com. [News & Record Article Feed] Reference
On being overtaken, history teaches another lesson. From Wordnik.com. [IT'S SPUTNIK TIME AGAIN] Reference
It can be overtaken by global negotiations in the WTO. From Wordnik.com. ['Dim And Perverse'] Reference
Sales of blueberries have overtaken raspberries in the U.K. From Wordnik.com. [Diversions: UAE declares BlackBerrys a national security threat and more] Reference
Phillies fans, it seems, have overtaken Nationals Park again. From Wordnik.com. [Game 103 discussion thread: Nationals vs. Phillies] Reference
Or that Nokia would be overtaken by a Korean chip maker, Samsung. From Wordnik.com. [Competition: Rising Faster Than Japan] Reference
But Android sales – at 4. 8m a month – have now overtaken them. From Wordnik.com. [iPhone worship has seen the media lose all sense of proportion] Reference
But by 1954 production of the junction transistor had overtaken it. From Wordnik.com. [The Transistor] Reference
Feinstein appears headed for an easy win, but Boxer could be overtaken. From Wordnik.com. [No More Excuses] Reference
It has overtaken everything we do; it stares us down with no place to hide. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: I Learned Everything on My Summer Vacation] Reference
And a foreign policy based on tired cliches risks being overtaken by reality. From Wordnik.com. [It's Not Black And White] Reference
By the late 1990s, Brazil had overtaken the United States in orange production. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis In The Cupboard] Reference
Moscow, at least, has been overtaken by a fierce, feral entrepreneurial energy. From Wordnik.com. [Primal Enterprise] Reference
I wonder if his thinking has changed now that the British have overtaken Basra. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Saddam Posters] Reference
And that aberrant inertia has overtaken our will and reason to get off of this train. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Anderson: An Open Letter to the Captains] Reference
As a result, it has overtaken archrival Sony in profits and total stock-market value. From Wordnik.com. [MASTERS OF THE DIGITAL AGE] Reference
It was a brief nod to the political storm that has overtaken the catastrophe in Greensburg. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost of Katrina] Reference
Gorbachev is not the first revolutionary to be overtaken by forces he himself has set in motion. From Wordnik.com. [Dealing With A New Russia] Reference
Anna Quindlen has Written that it's really all about ... greed, and how it has overtaken American sport. From Wordnik.com. [Hi, I'm Joe And I Love Tonya Too Much] Reference
To date, profits from these have been overtaken by losses in Korea and elsewhere and goodwill write-downs. From Wordnik.com. [Asahi's South Korean Misadventure] Reference
Gorbachev unveiled a new, tougher six-point plan on Friday, but it was soon overtaken by the U.S. ultimatum. From Wordnik.com. [Why Diplomacy Failed] Reference
Japan had for years been the No. 1 holder of Treasury securities, but was overtaken by China in September 2008. From Wordnik.com. [China Reduces Holdings Of U.S. Treasury Debt] Reference
China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases and biggest energy consumer. From Wordnik.com. [China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars (PHOTOS)] Reference
The class of 21 cadets had nowhere to sleep because the barracks had been overtaken by squatters from nearby villages. From Wordnik.com. [Marching Forward] Reference
Bin Laden has been eclipsed and overtaken by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah and the new voice of Arab anger. From Wordnik.com. [The Osama Card] Reference
Last week, my bee came back and I was completely delighted, overtaken by the depth and passion of my joy at our reunion. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Henes: Bye-Bye Bees] Reference
Some experts say Samsung will be overtaken by cheaper rivals unless it shifts strategies, and there are signs that it is. From Wordnik.com. [MASTERS OF THE DIGITAL AGE] Reference
As a biologist working in Florida for the past 13 years, I have watched public lands be overtaken by exotic plant species. From Wordnik.com. [Diversity Disappears In Florida] Reference
In the race for the most catastrophic meltdown of the new century, the telecom industry may have just overtaken the dot-coms. From Wordnik.com. [Telecom's Big Tumble] Reference
I realize times have changed as computer technology has overtaken our lives, and I e-mail and text-message like everyone else. From Wordnik.com. [Under Pressure] Reference
Last month he traveled to Singapore to talk with officials about preventing its economy from being overtaken by more nimble competitors. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Of Innovation] Reference
Rosa Silva, who came to Queens from Puerto Rico in the 1970s, has lately seen her Richmond Hill neighborhood overtaken by Indo-Caribbeans. From Wordnik.com. [The New New York] Reference
But football has overtaken the Corrida, as the bullfight is known, and today's young Spaniards prefer to spend their euros watching soccer. From Wordnik.com. [Catalonia Weighs Bullfighting Ban] Reference
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