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New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.
Kat Edmonson

Meaning of "overtaken" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERTAKEN

overtaken  [ˌəʊvəˈteɪkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERTAKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overtaken is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overtaken in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERTAKEN

PRESENT

Present
I overtake
you overtake
he/she/it overtakes
we overtake
you overtake
they overtake
Present continuous
I am overtaking
you are overtaking
he/she/it is overtaking
we are overtaking
you are overtaking
they are overtaking
Present perfect
I have overtaken
you have overtaken
he/she/it has overtaken
we have overtaken
you have overtaken
they have overtaken
Present perfect continuous
I have been overtaking
you have been overtaking
he/she/it has been overtaking
we have been overtaking
you have been overtaking
they have been overtaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overtook
you overtook
he/she/it overtook
we overtook
you overtook
they overtook
Past continuous
I was overtaking
you were overtaking
he/she/it was overtaking
we were overtaking
you were overtaking
they were overtaking
Past perfect
I had overtaken
you had overtaken
he/she/it had overtaken
we had overtaken
you had overtaken
they had overtaken
Past perfect continuous
I had been overtaking
you had been overtaking
he/she/it had been overtaking
we had been overtaking
you had been overtaking
they had been overtaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overtake
you will overtake
he/she/it will overtake
we will overtake
you will overtake
they will overtake
Future continuous
I will be overtaking
you will be overtaking
he/she/it will be overtaking
we will be overtaking
you will be overtaking
they will be overtaking
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
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overtaking
you will have been overtaking
he/she/it will have been overtaking
we will have been overtaking
you will have been overtaking
they will have been overtaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overtaken
you would overtaken
he/she/it would overtaken
we would overtaken
you would overtaken
they would overtaken
Conditional continuous
I would be overtaking
you would be overtaking
he/she/it would be overtaking
we would be overtaking
you would be overtaking
they would be overtaking
Conditional 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
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overtaking
you would have been overtaking
he/she/it would have been overtaking
we would have been overtaking
you would have been overtaking
they would have been overtaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overtake
we let´s overtake
you overtake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overtake
Past participle
overtaken
Present Participle
overtaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERTAKEN


Aiken
ˈeɪkən
awaken
əˈweɪkən
bacon
ˈbeɪkən
betaken
bɪˈteɪkən
caretaken
ˈkɛəˌteɪkən
forsaken
fəˈseɪkən
godforsaken
ˈɡɒdfəˌseɪkən
Jamaican
dʒəˈmeɪkən
Macon
ˈmeɪkən
mistaken
mɪˈsteɪkən
reawaken
ˌriːəˈweɪkən
rewaken
ˌriːˈweɪkən
shaken
ˈʃeɪkən
stocktaken
ˈstɒkˌteɪkən
taken
ˈteɪkən
undertaken
ˌʌndəˈteɪkən
unforsaken
ˌʌnfəˈseɪkən
unshaken
ʌnˈʃeɪkən
untaken
ʌnˈteɪkən
waken
ˈweɪkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERTAKEN

overt
overtake
overtaking
overtalk
overtalkative
overtame
overtart
overtask
overtaught
overtax
overtaxation
overtaxed
overteach
overtedious
overteem
overthick
overthin
overthink
overthought
overthrew

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERTAKEN

broken
by the same token
chicken
drucken
drunken
Hoboken
Interlaken
ken
kraken
oaken
outspoken
partaken
retaken
spoken
starken
stricken
to be sadly mistaken
token
trocken
weaken

Synonyms and antonyms of overtaken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERTAKEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overtaken» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of overtaken

Translation of «overtaken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERTAKEN

Find out the translation of overtaken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overtaken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overtaken» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超越
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

superado
570 millions of speakers

English

overtaken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बढ़त बना ली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجاوزت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обогнал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ultrapassado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overtaken
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépassé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diselesaikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überholt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

追い越さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추월
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overtaken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vượt qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முந்தியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुढे गेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geride
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyprzedzony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обігнав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

depășit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεπεραστεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbygesteek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omkörd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overtaken

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERTAKEN»

The term «overtaken» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.781 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERTAKEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overtaken» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overtaken» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overtaken

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «OVERTAKEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overtaken.
1
Monica Ali
I started writing 'Brick Lane' when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north of England when I was overtaken by a compulsion to start writing.
2
Nick Denton
Google and others truncate headlines at 70 characters. On the Manti Teo story, Deadspin's scoop fell down the Google search results, overtaken by copycat stories with simpler headlines. Deadspin's headline was 118 characters. Vital information - 'hoax' - was one of the words that was cut off.
3
Kat Edmonson
New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.
4
James Fallows
Chinese emissions are a problem not just for its own people but also for the world. It has now overtaken the U.S. as the biggest carbon emitter; most of the coal that is burned anywhere on Earth is burned in China.
5
Greg Fitzsimmons
What is most difficult is when the large part of me that is a narcissist grows weary and is overtaken by the self-loathing part that always lurks in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to shine.
6
Leslie Moonves
The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business.
7
Cindy Sheehan
Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERTAKEN»

Discover the use of overtaken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overtaken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overtaken
Kelvin is a 33-year-old property developer living in a small Lancashire town.
Alexei Sayle, 2004
2
Overtaken by Events: The Dominican Crisis from the Fall of ...
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic describes that country's turbulent political events from 1962 to summer 1965.
John Bartlow Martin, 1966
3
Overtaken by Love
This is not a "how to" book.
Shirley Shumaker, 2008
4
Gunboat Democracy: U.S. Interventions in the Dominican ...
John Bartlow Martin, Overtaken by Events: The Dominican Crisis from the Fall of Trujillo to the Civil War (New York: Doubleday, 1966), 31. 6. Martin, Overtaken by Events, 22. 7. Abraham F. Lowenthal, “The United States and the Dominican ...
Russell Crandall, 2006
5
Overtaken
Caught between her imagination and her desire for the truth, Sara worries she is losing her mind, or worse: has she been OVERTAKEN by a power beyond her control?
Valerie Storey, 2012
6
The Popular Songs of Ireland
What do you mean by being overtaken ?" inquired the examining counsel. “ Overtaken by whom ?" “ By no one, yo'r honour. Ohl indeed, no one overtook her: it would be well for her if any decent Christian had done so." “ You said she was ...
Thomas Crofton Croker, 1839
7
Learning to Race
right-of-way and, in general, the overtaken boat has right-of-way. I cannot refrain at this point from preaching on behalf of an interpretation of a rule which has been variously interpreted in different clubs. When one boat overtakes another on ...
H. A. Calahan, 2012
8
Tonkawa, an Indian language of Texas
... to overtake him Regal-18mins Present elotenriye, he has been over~ a- welotenmye, they have taken been overtaken Past elatena'lafi, he had been amreiatena'hfi, they had overtaken been overtaken SUBJUNOTIVE Active Present stolen-o, ...
Harry Hoijer
9
Contemporary Ergonomics 1998
Results In table 1 can be found a tabulation of cars and lorries overtaking and being overtaken by the test driver over 30 minute trip segments for the northbound trip (trip 1) and the south-bound trip on the A1 in Britain. (Rests of 40 and 55 ...
Margaret Hanson, 2003
10
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians
8. ' If alone would not have marked the progress in the need for loving behaviour. Thus ' even ' does not emphasize ' be overtaken ' but the whole clause from ' overtaken in a fault ; in 1 Cor. vii. 11, 28 the single verb is the whole clause. a man] ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERTAKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overtaken is used in the context of the following news items.
1
ProPublica: How the 'embarrassing' gas tax impasse explains …
Just before the 1982 midterm election, Reagan had ruled out a gas tax increase "unless there's a palace coup and I'm overtaken or overthrown. «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
2
Affair creates disorder in VictoryLand case
“I understand why Thompson ruled the way he did — he didn't want the trial to be completely overtaken by this. And it would've been.”. «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
3
High Water Remains Concern in Pasco Co.
Triton insurance in Trinity was overtaken in just minutes by flooding Saturday morning. Employees scrambled to move electronics up off the ... «ABC Action News, Jul 15»
4
Confederate major's name lives on at Albert Lea
And his son was a lieutenant colonel for the opposing Union Navy and the executive officer of the frigate just rammed and overtaken by crew ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Nameless neighborhood is San Francisco's last frontier
It has overtaken South of Market, the Mission, Dogpatch, and it is marching south, maybe even across the lower end of Cesar Chavez Street, ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Jane Fishman: Looking out for people in our neighborhood
The Dane in charge of tourism explains the dilemma: “How do you take advantage of the growth of tourism and not be overtaken by mass ... «Savannah Morning News, Jul 15»
7
As Pan Am Games wind down, Toronto examines 2024 Olympic bid
But Canada's largest city is being overtaken by something larger than the Pan Am Games, the 2024 Olympics, and the increasing likelihood ... «The Morning Sun, Jul 15»
8
NASCAR: Last-lap pass hands Busch second 2015 Xfinity win
Busch led for the first ten laps before being overtaken by Suarez, and then a miscommunication with the pit wall meant he missed the summons ... «crash.net, Jul 15»
9
21 abandoned schools add to Gary's urban decay
The former Lew Wallace High School has only been closed for a year, but weeds have already overtaken its sidewalks, some windows are ... «The Elkhart Truth, Jul 15»
10
America's Cup World Series 2015 Results: Updated Standings from …
Defending champions Team Oracle USA had an excellent start to the first race, but heading to Gate 2, they had already been overtaken by ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

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