overtake: Difference between revisions

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Plain form (yanzu)
overtake

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi)
overtakes

Past tense (ya wuce)
overtook

Past participle (ya wuce)
overtaken

Present participle (ana cikin yi)
overtaking

(transitive)

To overtake is to catch up to and then pass or do better than something.
- Synonym: outrun
1. It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day. <> Ba zai yiwu rana ta riski wata ba, dare kuma ba zai riga yini ba. --Qur'an 36:40
2. He overtook me in the race <> ya cim minì à tsērên
3. The times have overtaken us <> zāmànī yā rìskē mù
If something overtakes you, you are not ready, you are surprised, and overwhelmed by it.
The government's reforms were overtaken by the mass demonstrations which called for big changes in the laws.

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-# To '''overtake''' is to catch up to and then pass or do better than something.
+# To '''overtake''' is to catch up to and then pass or do better than something. {{syn|outrun}}
-#:''he '''[[overtook]]''' me in the race'' <> ya cim minì à tsērên
+##''It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night '''[[overtake]]''' the day.'' <> Ba zai yiwu rana ta riski wata ba, dare kuma ba zai '''[[riga]]''' yini ba. <small>--[[Quran/36/40#Quran.2F36.2F40|Qur'an 36:40]]</small>
-#:''the times have '''[[overtaken]]''' us'' <> zāmànī yā rìskē mù
+##''He '''[[overtook]]''' me in the race'' <> ya '''[[cim]]''' minì à tsērên
-#: ''He had to really increase his speed to '''overtake''' her car on the freeway.''
+##''The times have '''[[overtaken]]''' us'' <> zāmànī yā '''[[riske|rìskē]]''' mù
-#: ''There was an '''overtaking''' lane on the road to allow cars to get passed the slow moving trucks going up the hills.''
 # If something '''overtakes''' you, you are not ready, you are surprised, and [[overwhelm]]ed  by it.
 #: ''The government's reforms were '''overtaken''' by the mass demonstrations which called for big changes in the laws.''