OVERTAKING

passing, overtaking

(noun) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; โ€œshe drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened meโ€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

overtaking

present participle of overtake

Noun

overtaking (plural overtakings)

The act by which one thing overtakes another.

Anagrams

• taking over

Source: Wiktionary


OVERTAKE

O`ver*take", v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p. Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]

1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. Spenser.

2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. Shak.

3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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