different between overtake vs overhend

English

Etymology

From Middle English overtaken, equivalent to over- +? take.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /??v?(?)?te?k/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /o?v??te?k/
  • Rhymes: -e?k
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?(?)te?k/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v?te?k/

Verb

overtake (third-person singular simple present overtakes, present participle overtaking, simple past overtook, past participle overtaken)

1. To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

   Antonym: undertake (to pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside)

2. (economics) To become greater than something else
3. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away

Translations

See also

• exceed
• surpass
  • Not to be confused with take over.

Noun

overtake (plural overtakes)

1. An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.

Anagrams

• take over, takeover

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

overtake (present tense overtek, past tense overtok, past participle overteke, passive infinitive overtakast, present participle overtakande, imperative overtak)

1. Alternative form of overtaka

English

Etymology

From over- +? hend (“to seize, grasp”).

Verb

overhend (third-person singular simple present overhends, present participle overhending, simple past and past participle overhent)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To overtake.