OVERTAKING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

Example:

she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me

Synonyms:

overtaking; passing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("overtaking" is a kind of...):

reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)

Derivation:

overtake (catch up with and possibly overtake)

overtake (travel past)

-ing form of the verb overtake