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overlappings

overlappings is the plural of overlapping.

Meaning of overlapping

Noun

overlapping (plural overlappings)

  1. The situation in which things overlap.
    • This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10

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Questions about overlappings

What is overlappings the plural of?
Overlappings is the plural of overlapping.

Words near overlappings in the dictionary

  1. overlapped
  2. overlapper
  3. overlappers
  4. overlapping
  5. overlappingly
  6. overlappings
  7. overlaps
  8. overlard
  9. overlarded
  10. overlarding
  11. overlardings

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