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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•lap /v. ˌoʊvɚˈlæp; n. ˈoʊvɚˌlæp/USA pronunciation v., -lapped, -lap•ping, n. v. - to stretch over and cover a part of (something else): [~ + object]Each piece of tile overlaps the next one.[no object]The pieces of tile overlap.
- (of two things) to come or fit together so that one partially covers (the other): [~ + object]The tiles overlap each other.[no object]The edges overlap at a slight angle.
- to have something in common or come together partly with (another): [~ + object]My work days overlapped his.[no obj]:Our workdays overlapped.
n. - an act or instance of overlapping:[uncountable]overlap between two theories.
- [countable] an overlapping part.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•lap (v. ō′vər lap′;n. ō′vər lap′),USA pronunciation v., -lapped, -lap•ping, n. v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to lap over:two sales territories that overlap; fields of knowledge that overlap.
n. - 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.
- Sport(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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: overlap vb /ˌəʊvəˈlæp/ ( -laps, -lapping, -lapped)- (of two things) to extend or lie partly over (each other)
- to cover and extend beyond (something)
- (intransitive) to coincide partly in time, subject, etc
n /ˈəʊvəˌlæp/- a part that overlaps or is overlapped
- the amount, length, etc, overlapping
- 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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