(v. t.) To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
(v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
(v. t.) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is the second fate that is overtaking the government's higher education reforms.
(2) The expansion comes hot on the heels of another year of stellar growth in which Primark edged closer to overtaking high street stalwart M&S in sales and profits.
(3) Another was a mock-up of a speeding ticket for Mr G Bale, Campeón de Copa, for overtaking recklessly, crossing a continuous white line.
(4) Aims include overtaking Tesco to become the market leader in general merchandise and leapfrogging Sainsbury's to become No 2 in food.
(5) On the positive side, it will very soon overtake Les Miserables (£40.8m) to become the second-biggest 2013 release, behind only Despicable Me 2 (£47.4m).
(6) Desmond has some way to go if Channel 5 is to overtake Channel 4 as the fourth most popular TV channel in the UK.
(7) Until the first exit polls came in on the evening of Sunday 26 June, the sorpasso (overtaking) was taken for granted.
(8) Marketing experts estimated that the campaign cost about £7,500, and succeeded in boosted Cameron’s “likes” by 47,000 to 127,000, overtaking Nick Clegg’s 80,000 in the process.
(9) The overtaking of the role as a widow is much dependent of capacities which are learned in an earlier life span.
(10) THe German striker still needs one more goal to overtake Ronaldo and become the all-time highest World Cup scorer with 16 goals.
(11) It thought it could overtake the socialists as the leading force on the left and, so, either lead the government or lead the opposition.
(12) Batman v Superman this week became the highest-grossing superhero film of 2016 so far, overtaking Deadpool, and is the second highest-grossing movie overall behind Zootopia (Zootropolis in the UK).
(13) However Moyles, who had been hoping to overtake the Radio 2 breakfast in the Rajar figures following Wogan's handover to Evans, instead saw the gap between the two shows' audiences increase.
(14) The outlook predicted coal’s ongoing decline would see gas overtake it as the world’s second largest source of energy by 2035, with fracking for US shale driving much of the gas growth.
(15) Even in the multimillion pound industry that is the Premier League these days, fate can still overtake all the best-laid preparations.
(16) China is poised to overtake India to become the world's biggest market for gold this year thanks to soaring investment purchases of bullion and steadily rising jewellery sales, according to the World Gold Council's annual report.
(17) Market share at Sainsbury's, the UK's third biggest food retailer, remained flat following months of growth that had pushed it close to overtaking its rival Asda .
(18) RBC and Capgemini analysts said the Asia-Pacific region would almost certainly overtake north America this year.
(19) This was the first year that men aged 45 to 59 showed the highest suicide rate, 25.1 per 100,000, overtaking those aged 30 to 44, who had previously recorded the highest rate from 1995 to 2012.
(20) Rees, who was promoted to editorial director at the publishers NatMag-Rodale in April , has overseen a recession-bucking 15-month run of year-on-year sales increases to see his title overtake FHM as the biggest-selling men's magazine in the first half of this year.
Undertake
Definition:
(v. t.) To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
(v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.
(v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
(v. t.) To assume, as a character.
(v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
(v. t.) To have knowledge of; to hear.
(v. t.) To take or have the charge of.
(v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
(v. i.) To venture; to hazard.
(v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
(2) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
(3) Without that, and without undertaking big changes, the service's future may fall into doubt, he says.
(4) The performance of the instrument was evaluated by undertaking in vitro measurements of the reflectance spectra of blood.
(5) This work undertakes the study of changes in urinary, plasmatic and tissue levels of Thromboxane B2 (TXB2) as well as in tissue Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) after pancreas transplantation and the effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD) on these changes.
(6) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
(7) So far, there is little sign of similar hubris at the Human Brain Project, a far more complex undertaking, but perhaps for the moment Markram's ambition is precisely what is needed.
(8) This report describes how the difficulties were surmounted, and how the National Technical Centre then proceeded to undertake activities to extend awareness of the ICIDH.
(9) Since the regime was introduced, we have been undertaking work to ensure that senior manager responsibilities are properly allocated and understood in firms.
(10) The questions facing nursing now are not whether nurses should undertake this role, but how well do they provide information?
(11) The prison suicide rate, at 120 deaths per 100,000 people, is about 10 times higher than the rate in the general population.” The report calls for a recently revised incentives and earned privileges regime to be scrapped and for an undertaking that prisoners with mental health problems or at known risk of suicide should never be placed in solitary.
(12) Additional reconstruction of the "donor" limb arteries and dilatation of the iliac artery improve circulation in the "donor limb", which makes it possible to undertake cross femoral-femoral shunting in patients with a high risk of aorto-femoral reconstruction in atherosclerotic affection of the "donor" limb.
(13) They were charged with undertaking acts in preparation or planning for a terrorist act.
(14) Despite the fact that this approach has several caveats, consistent results obtained in short-term studies would more readily justify the undertaking of a large-scale, long-term controlled study using colon cancer or adenomatous polyp recurrence as an endpoint.
(15) The chance discovery of an oesophageal localisation of Crohn's disease led the authors to undertake routine study of the oesophagus in their last 18 patients suffering from the disorder.
(16) Pedro is due in London on Wednesday to undertake a medical and discuss personal terms, with United having withdrawn their interest.
(17) Maybe this will be increasing the frequency of patrols, or going to places that the Obama administration has been hesitant to go – such as actually undertaking a non-innocent passage military patrols within 12 miles of an artificial island.
(18) He held out a hand to North Korea again, calling for it to denuclearise; and to Burma, if it undertakes democratic reform and frees political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
(19) The judge noted the “seriousness of these offences and impact on road traffic, particularly given the number of fines previously issued against BT by TfL for similar offences.” Firms undertaking work anywhere in London need a permit before digging up the roads, allowing highway authorities to coordinate work to minimise disruption.
(20) Prior to undertaking the exploration of phenomena in a research study with people from different cultures, certain elements must be addressed in order to bridge cultural and linguistic differences.