overtake
verb (used with object)
to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with.
will have overtaken
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future perfectof overtake.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Experts predict that, by polling day in November 2020, millennials will have overtaken baby boomers to become the biggest voter eligible age group.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
Between 2005 and 2009 that share rose to 13.1 percent, and by 2015 it will have overtaken that of the euro zone to reach 20.7 percent, just shy of the United States at 21.1 percent.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2012
After a certain number of steps, Achilles will have overtaken the tortoise.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
