overlap
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.
to lap over: two sales territories that overlap; fields of knowledge that overlap.
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.
Origin of overlap
1Other words from overlap
- non·o·ver·lap·ping, adjective, noun
Words Nearby overlap
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How to use overlap in a sentence
The overlap between solarpunk and afrofuturism—a movement brilliantly summarized in the work of Ytasha Womack—is significant.
Solarpunk Is Growing a Gorgeous New World in the Cracks of the Old One | Carin Ism | September 6, 2020 | Singularity HubIn fact, there’s ample overlap between QAnon adherents and anti-vaxxers, who in some cases fear the vaccine is a form of mind control.
Even when a brain region shows a sex difference on average, there is typically considerable overlap between the male and female distributions.
Villa cited “a timing overlap” and said a bond consultant had advised against it.
How the City Came to Lease a Lemon | Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx | August 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThis included genetic relatedness and the amount of environmental overlap between dolphins.
Dolphins can learn from their peers how to use shells as tools | Jack J. Lee | August 6, 2020 | Science News For Students
However, he saw the overlap of interests as being horribly negative.
Both Huckabee and Santorum had considerable overlap in their support during their respective presidential bids.
The Social Conservative Royal Rumble Is Brewing in Iowa | Ben Jacobs | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn some areas, the overlap was even higher: 100 percent of plantations in Ghana overlapped.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn our current configuration of religious interest groups, we find significant overlap with party politics.
Even Conservative Evangelical Support Couldn’t Save Immigration Reform | Jacob Lupfer | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmerican government works because we have overlap between federal, state, and local governments.
The VA Crisis Can’t Be Solved by Washington, D.C. Alone. Local Authorities Need to Step Up. | Kristen Rouse | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe man on the girl's right seemed to overlap her possessively which could have been accounted for by the width of his shoulders.
But it must not be forgotten that both the departments themselves and the evidence for them frequently overlap.
The Religion of Ancient Rome | Cyril BaileyEven in his bare feet, which you saw with your own eyes, he'd overlap those prints a half inch all around.
Any tinsmith will turn up the sides for you, leaving the front a little higher than the others, so as to overlap the netting.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | VariousThe butt straps where they overlap are forged so as to fit one another as shown, and thus form a close joint.
An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design | David Allan Low
British Dictionary definitions for overlap
(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
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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