different between overtake vs superate

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

Borrowed from Latin supero, superatus.

Verb

superate (third-person singular simple present superates, present participle superating, simple past and past participle superated)

1. (transitive, rare) To rise above; to overtop; to cover.
2. (transitive, rare) To outdo; to surpass; to exceed.
3. (transitive, rare) To overcome; to conquer.
4. (transitive, rare) To cross; to surmount; to get over.
5. (transitive, rare) To overtake.

Related terms

• super
• superation

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “superate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• epurates, respuate

Italian

Adjective

superate

1. feminine plural of superato

Verb

superate

1. second-person plural present indicative of superare
2. second-person plural imperative of superare
3. feminine plural of superato

Anagrams

• epuraste, pesature

Latin

Verb

super?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of super?
   1. "surmount ye"
   2. "surpass ye"
   3. "overflow ye"
   4. "remain ye; survive ye"

Participle

super?te

1. vocative masculine singular of super?tus