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overtaking::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | passing |
| Type of | reordering |
| Derivation | overtake |
Examples of overtaking
overtaking
I think Maddie is overtaking Ellen as our local children's favourite babysitter.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Racing is usually entertaining and the layout produces overtaking opportunities.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Davide did a couple of good overtaking manoeuvres and climbed through the field.
From the edp24.co.uk
Debt is expected to reach 88 percent in 2011 or 2012, overtaking the EU average.
From the chron.com
Samsung became the world's largest smartphone maker last year, overtaking Apple.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
According to his planners, by 2031 it could have 9.3m people, overtaking London.
From the economist.com
Instead of just overtaking original melodies and harmonies, he ameliorated them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It reminded me a bit if my time in the 125cc class, with many overtaking moves.
From the telegraph.co.uk
No. Too often the races were crushingly predictable, with a dearth of overtaking.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
- Pass: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
- Overwhelm: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- (overtaking) passing: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
- Overtaking or passing is the act of driving around another slower automobile on a road. The lane used for overtaking another vehicle is almost always the lane toward the center of the road and away from the road shoulder -- that is, to the left in places that drive on the right, and right in ...
- To pass a more slowly moving object; To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc; To become greater than something else; To occur unexpectedly
- (Overtaking) Passing the competitor in front of you on the cross-country course. Any competitor who is about to be overtaken by a following competitor must quickly clear the way. Any competitor overtaking another competitor must do so only at a safe and suitable place.
- (Overtaking) Synonymous with passing, something relatively rare in modern F1 racing due to aerodynamics and dirty air until the introduction of DRS for the 2011 season.
- (Overtaking) or passing refers to a manoeuvre that is in effect passing vehicles traveling in the same direction. On two-lane roads, when there is a split line or a dashed line on the side of the overtaker, drivers may overtake when it is safe. ...
