overtaken
/ˈəʊvəɹteɪkən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
adj
Example Sentences
- "I was overtaken by events."
- "Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then a little 'flashy' he might be, but nothing more serious—and rely upon it, this was no common virtue in those days."
- "Once John, being overtaken in drink on the roadside by the cottage, and dreaming that he was burning in hell, awoke and saw the old wife hobbling toward him. Thereupon he fled soberly to the hills, and from that day became a quiet-living, humble-minded Christian."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more overtaken (comparative)
most overtaken (superlative)