Hyphenation of overtook

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

over-took

Definitions of overtook:

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

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.