Hyphenation of overtake

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word overtake? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

over-take

Definitions of overtake:

1.	Catch up with and possibly overtake The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
2.	Travel past The sports car passed all the trucks
3.	Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Synonyms of overtake:

verb	catch, catch up with
verb	pass, overhaul, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
verb	overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.