overlap
verb (used with object)
to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
will overlap
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future tenseof overlap.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Greer said it is too early to say how any new penalties from the latest probes will overlap with the sectoral duties.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
"Moreover, the earlier advance of these storms will overlap with other weather systems, for example local thunderstorms or seasonal monsoon rainfall, and can produce compounding extreme events and strain the emergency response."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023
Their crowns will overlap in places, forming a wall of green foliage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
As my colleague Sarah Smith writes here, with 30 million Americans claiming Irish roots, the personal and the political will overlap for him rather neatly in the next few days.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2023
Now fasten the two frames together so that the arcs will overlap each other as shown in the sketch.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
