Definition of overlap
transitive verb
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.
intransitive verb
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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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.
Recent Examples of overlap from the Web
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These hate crimes can look a lot like terrorism, and scholars say mission offenses often overlap both definitions, as in the case of a Muslim man who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando last year.
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The rest are for other employees whose new government duties may overlap with their previous private jobs.
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And yet, her story and overlapping identities—a superhero in a world of humans and a heroine in a world of heroes—felt uniquely familiar to me.
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Earlier this month, neurosurgeons at Swedish’s Cherry Hill facility began testing a new consent form that explicitly mentions the prospect of overlapping surgery.
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Those changes overlap heavily with change House Democrats are seeking, according to a document from the Democrats on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing & Insurance obtained by Bloomberg.
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Beauty trends, especially the kind of makeup or hair trends that tend to go viral these days, usually overlap with what most people would straight-up call art.
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When choosing a cultivar for cross-pollination, be sure that the bloom times overlap with the existing tree.
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Connect & Protect is now a large conglomeration of overlapping alerts stretching across nine Oregon counties.
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First Known Use of overlap
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OVERLAP Defined for English Language Learners
overlap
playDefinition of overlap for English Language Learners
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: to lie over the edge of (something) : to cover part of the edge of (something)
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: to happen at the same time as something else
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: to have parts that are the same as parts of something else
OVERLAP Defined for Kids
overlap
playDefinition of overlap for Students
overlapped
;overlapping
: to place or be placed so that a part of one covers a part of another The roof shingles overlap.
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