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Meaning of "overtaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERTAKING

overtaking  [ˌəʊvəˈteɪkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERTAKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overtaking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERTAKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

overtaking

Overtaking

Overtaking or passing is the act of one vehicle going past another slower moving vehicle, travelling in the same direction, on a road. The lane used for overtaking another vehicle is almost always a passing lane further from the road shoulder — that is, to the left in places that drive on the right, and to the right in places that drive on the left.

Definition of overtaking in the English dictionary

The definition of overtaking in the dictionary is an act or the process of moving past another vehicle or person travelling in the same direction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERTAKING


aching
ˈeɪkɪŋ
baking
ˈbeɪkɪŋ
braking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
breaking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
breathtaking
ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋ
caretaking
ˈkeəˌteɪkɪŋ
decision-making
dɪˈsɪʒənˌmeɪkɪŋ
drug-taking
ˈdrʌɡˌteɪkɪŋ
heartbreaking
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ
homemaking
ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ
making
ˈmeɪkɪŋ
matchmaking
ˈmætʃˌmeɪkɪŋ
oath-taking
ˈəʊθˌteɪkɪŋ
painstaking
ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ
record-breaking
ˈrɛkɔːdˈbreɪkɪŋ
risk-taking
ˈrɪskteɪkɪŋ
stocktaking
ˈstɒkˌteɪkɪŋ
taking
ˈteɪkɪŋ
undertaking
ˈʌndəˌteɪkɪŋ
waking
ˈweɪkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERTAKING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERTAKING

banking
English-speaking
film-making
freaking
French-speaking
ground-breaking
home baking
in a manner of speaking
in the making
lovemaking
non-profit-making
phreaking
policy-making
printmaking
public speaking
raking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
streaking
winemaking

Synonyms and antonyms of overtaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERTAKING»

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

Translation of «overtaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERTAKING

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

Translator English - Chinese

超车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adelantamientos
570 millions of speakers

English

overtaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हावी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجاوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обгон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ultrapassando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overtaking
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépassement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memotong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überholen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

追い越し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추월
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overtaking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vượt qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முந்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरटेकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sollama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sorpasso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyprzedzania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обгін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

depășire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσπέρασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbysteek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omkörning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbikjøring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overtaking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERTAKING»

The term «overtaking» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERTAKING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overtaking» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overtaking» 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 overtaking

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4 QUOTES WITH «OVERTAKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overtaking.
1
Mark Kennedy
Unless we rise to the challenge, instead of American youth being able to live the American dream, the Chinese will fulfill their dream of overtaking America.
2
Gary Neville
Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league title, after all.
3
Alexander Rossi
The Yas Marina circuit is really pretty impressive. The track itself has some quite slow corners and not a great deal of overtaking opportunities, but it seems to combine a road course with a circuit course.
4
Shashi Tharoor
The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures. What makes a country a world leader? Is it population, in which case India is on course to top the charts, overtaking China as the world's most populous country by 2034?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERTAKING»

Discover the use of overtaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overtaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overtaking: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations OvertakingHe that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business by night.ndash;Benjamin FranklinLaziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.ndash;Benjamin FranklinBefore success ...
‎2008
2
Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road
13 The Overtaking Situation Of the three types of vessel encounters — overtaking , head-on, and crossing — many consider the overtaking situation the least risky owing to the low relative speed and reduced force of impact in the event of ...
Craig H. Allen, 2005
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PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
It is seen that although, in order to complete the overtaking manoeuvre, a vehicle needs a certain obstacle-free distance, say D, in the opposing lane, in reality a vehicle initiates an overtaking manoeuvre only when the distance gap between ...
PARTHA CHAKROBORTY, ANIMESH DAS, 2003
4
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
... Tense Present/Gerund Perfect/Gerund Past overtake overtaking having overtaken overtaken Mode Infinitive Tense Present Perfect Present Continuous Perfect Continuous overtake to have overtaken to be overtaking to have been overtaking ...
TZ-one, 2013
5
Contemporary Ergonomics 2000
Successive Motorway Overtaking Transgressions Wilson, Postans, and Garrod ( 1983) provided data on 1129 lorry or coach overtaking incidents on a Bedfordshire section of the M1 motorway in England. Overtaking was classified as ...
S. Robertson, Margaret Hanson, P, T McCabe, 2003
6
New Scientist
Another defect of the method was the relatively small numbers of overtaking manoeuvres involved. Despite these experimental faults, certain general conclusions could be drawn. In all five countries, non-safe overtakers overtook significantly ...
7
Icctp 2011: Towards Sustainable Transportation Systems
Towards Sustainable Transportation Systems Yafeng Yin. Table 2. Drivers' Overtaking Behavior under Four Speeds Overtaking performance Turn signal performance Speedlimit Success proportion Overtaken Car. No. Proportion of turn signal ...
Yafeng Yin, 2011
8
CEVNI: European Code for Inland Waterways
Article 6.09 - Overtaking: General provisions 1. Overtaking is permitted only if the overtaking vessel has made certain that it can be accomplished without danger. 2 . The vessel being overtaken shall facilitate overtaking insofar as it is necessary ...
‎2007
9
Treaty Series 2222: I. 39510-39520
Overtaking \. Thé overtaking vessel shall pass to port of the vessel being overtaken. However,if thére is sufficient room, the overtaking vessel may overtake to starboard of the vessel being overtaken. 2. In the case of two sailing vessels, the ...
‎2005
10
Advances in Human Aspects of Road and Rail Transportation
The time differences between tA and tB were used to calculate the mean speeds of the overtaking vehicles based on the truck speeds at position A and B. Meeting margin is defined as the number of seconds elapsed between the passing of ...
Neville A. Stanton, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERTAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overtaking is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chris Froome criticises Vincenzo Nibali for 'unsportsmanlike …
Chris Froome criticises Vincenzo Nibali for 'unsportsmanlike' overtaking move. • Nibali wins stage 19 after attack when Tour de France leader ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Asian, African megachurches overtaking US congregations
According to a recent study, non-US cities have fewer megachurches, but they tend to have much higher average weekly attendance. «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
3
The Truth About Overtaking
The excitement quotient of a Formula 1 race is directly proportional to the number of overtaking moves in that race. This seems to be the logic ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
4
Apple Inc.'s China Business Inches Closer to Overtaking Its US …
Way back in January 2013, Apple CEO Tim Cook made a prediction: "China is currently our second largest market. I believe it will become our ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
5
Amazon overtakes Wal-Mart
Amazon's market capitalisation has soared to over $270bn (€245bn), overtaking Wal-Mart Stores, the world's biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
6
Heavy vehicle drivers only allowed to use right lane for overtaking
Valluvan (seated right) at a press conference during the operation codenamed 'Ops Bas Ekspres' at the Sungai Buloh rest and recreation ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»
7
Here's why ETFs are overtaking hedge funds
The active versus passive debate just got a new wrinkle, and one analyst thinks he knows why. Exchange-traded funds, which are the primary ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
8
Watch dash cam footage of bus overtaking car and 'jumping' red light
Footage has emerged of a bus driving up to a red light and then overtaking the car in front to 'jump' the lights. The video, taken on a dash cam, ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Cyclist died in hospital five years after lorry overtaking him knocked …
A refuse collector who faced life-changing injuries after being knocked off his bicycle spent the last five years of his life in hospital before he ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»
10
LNG Seen Overtaking Iron Ore as Australia's Main Export Driver
Liquefied natural gas will overtake iron ore as the main driver of Australia's exports with annual shipments surging to more than A$50 billion ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

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