overlapping

Verb

overlap (third-person singular simple present overlaps, present participle overlapping, simple past and past participle overlapped)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To extend over and partly cover something.
   • The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.

   Synonyms:

   lap

2. (intransitive, transitive) To co-occur, to happen at the same time.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To have an area, range, character or function in common.
   • The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.
4. (intransitive, transitive) Of sets: to have some elements in common.
   • The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).
5. (intransitive, transitive) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.
6. (intransitive, transitive) An illusion of depth is created when one object partially covers another.

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