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overlap

[ verb oh-ver-lap; noun oh-ver-lap ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

overlapped, overlapping.

to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
to cover and extend beyond (something else):
The ends of cloth overlap the table.
to coincide in part with; have in common with:
two lives that overlapped each other.

verb (used without object)

overlapped, overlapping.

to lap over:
two sales territories that overlap; fields of knowledge that overlap.

noun

an act or instance of overlapping.
the extent or amount of overlapping:
The second story of the building has an overlap of ten feet.
an overlapping part.
the place of overlapping.
(in yacht racing) the position of two yachts side by side such that the overtaking boat, to pass the other on the opposite side, must fall back, or such that neither can turn toward the other without danger of collision.

overlap

verb

(of two things) to extend or lie partly over (each other)
to cover and extend beyond (something)
intr to coincide partly in time, subject, etc

noun

a part that overlaps or is overlapped
the amount, length, etc, overlapping
the act or fact of overlapping
a place of overlapping
geology the horizontal extension of the upper beds in a series of rock strata beyond the lower beds, usually caused by submergence of the land

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overlap¹

First recorded in 1685–95; over- + lap ²

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But about three quarters of all human infectious diseases are zoonotic, including the majority of novel epidemics and pandemics in recent years, and there's overlap with the issue of thawing permafrost.

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But by studying those areas of identity overlap between herself and Charles, she stands a better chance of attaining what she cares deeply about.

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But there can be a downside to the proliferation of deliberative bodies that meet at different times and multiple locations and monitor programs that can overlap both in purpose and geography.

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Did your daughters or anyone else in your family have any trepidation about any of the stories you share that have overlap with their own?

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I think that this series, in that sense, relates to that overlapping of things, the experience of going through things.

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Overland Trail overlarge

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