overlap
verb
over·lap
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overlapped;
overlapping;
overlaps
Definition of overlap
1
: to extend over or past and cover a part of
The roof shingles overlap each other.
2
: to have something in common with
Baseball season overlaps the football season in September.
1
: to occupy the same area in part
The two towns overlap.
2
: to have something in common
Some of their duties overlap.
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Other Words from overlap
overlap
\ ˈō-vər-ˌlap
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noun
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noun
Examples of overlap in a Sentence
The roof shingles overlap each other.
Baseball season overlaps football season in September.
Some of your duties overlap his.
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Logistics and seeming universe-overlapping aside: There may be no novelist better suited to tapping the current era’s anxieties than Margaret Atwood. — David Canfield, EW.com, "The Handmaid's Tale," 3 Sep. 2019 Haile-Selassie concludes that the two species overlapped for about 100,000 years. — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, "Stunning ancient skull shakes up human family tree," 28 Aug. 2019 In spots where the tool seemed to dull, the hominin made several passes of the stone tip, etching multiple lines that nearly overlap. — Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic, "Oldest carving in East Asia found. But its maker is a mystery.," 24 July 2019 The Miami Dolphins have two sledgehammers at their safety positions and if Miami’s new coaching staff doesn’t get creative, Reshad Jones and T.J. McDonald’s overlapping skill-set could be problematic again this season. — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, "Will third time be a charm for Dolphins safeties Reshad Jones and T.J. McDonald? | Countdown to camp," 16 July 2019 In her first remarks, Harpstead was quick to note that the work of Lutheran Social Service often overlaps with that of DHS. — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, "Tim Walz appoints new commissioner to lead embattled Human Services agency," 12 Aug. 2019 Their suspicions appeared to be confirmed when state media reported that the whole government was put on vacation from July 15 to August 15, despite those dates overlapping with the Caspian Economic Forum on August 11 and 12. — CNN, "A hermit nation ruled by an egomaniac: Is Turkmenistan on the brink of collapse?," 10 Aug. 2019 Either way, Dunn made the World Cup roster and helped shut down players like Kadidiatou Diani of France and Ellen White of England – while adding a huge attacking threat overlapping with Megan Rapinoe. — SI.com, "Women's World Cup Throwback: 5 Moments Which Defined the USWNT's Four-Year Journey to the Top," 29 July 2019 Tunnell’s map of Nurdle Patrol samples shows that the locations of plastic pellet manufacturers overlap with the largest amount of nurdles found on the coast—in the town of Port Lavaca and the Houston area. — Julissa Treviño, WIRED, "Little Plastic 'Nurdles' Are Flooding Beaches and Waterways," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overlap.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for overlap
overlap
verb
English Language Learners Definition of overlap
: to lie over the edge of (something) : to cover part of the edge of (something)
: to happen at the same time as something else
: to have parts that are the same as parts of something else
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overlap
verb
over·lap
| \ ˌō-vər-ˈlap
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overlapped;
overlapping
Kids Definition of overlap
: to place or be placed so that a part of one covers a part of another
The roof shingles overlap.
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