Taken by surprise; overcome.
overtaken
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for overtaken.
Editorial note
I'm not entirely sold that the brand is strong enough and can't be overtaken by competition.
Quick take
Taken by surprise; overcome.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of overtaken gathered in one view.
(archaic) drunk; intoxicated
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for overtaken.
adjective
Taken by surprise; overcome.
adjective
(archaic) drunk; intoxicated
Example sentences
I'm not entirely sold that the brand is strong enough and can't be overtaken by competition.
But there's a pretty good chance they'll be overtaken by a future Apple watch with GPS in it.
This leads to situations such as /r/xkcd being overtaken by a group of neo-nazi holocaust denying anti-semitic MRA promotors.
You are correct that the speed at which the Dutch have overtaken other nearby populations is kind of surprising.
Slack and its competitors are just forming a new market that will be overtaken by one company.
But I'd be really, really surprised if China hasn't overtaken Thailand in per capita, purchasing power parity GDP.
A local hardware company (Micromax) was recently in the news because it had overtaken Samsung as #1 seller of Smartphones in India.
Evolutionary lines with very long lifetimes would evolve more slowly than evolutionary lines with shorter lifetimes, and would be quickly overtaken by them.
RMS' rationale in this case was to protect against a scenario in which FSF was overtaken/purchased, so GNU software couldn't be made proprietary.
That's about as good a definition for laptop sales having overtaken desktops as I can imagine.
Greed has overtaken our senses and everyone thinks they are entitled.
Neither market has been overtaken by commodity products at all.
Quote examples
What did you mean by your statement "The practical reality is that Reddit seems to have overtaken Stormfront as the world’s largest White Supremacy community." I took it as a probable statement of fact: more White Supremacists use Reddit than use any other single forum on the web.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use overtaken in a sentence?
I'm not entirely sold that the brand is strong enough and can't be overtaken by competition.
What does overtaken mean?
Taken by surprise; overcome.
What part of speech is overtaken?
overtaken is commonly used as adjective.