Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To extend over and partly cover something.

    The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.

    überlappen, überlagern, überdecken

    накрыва́тьnakryvátʹ, перекрыва́тьperekryvátʹ

    extend over and cover a part of

  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.

    überschneiden, überlappen

    пересека́тьсяperesekátʹsja

  4. (intransitive, transitive)Of sets: to have some elements in common.

    The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).

    schneiden

    пересека́тьсяperesekátʹsja

  5. (intransitive, transitive)To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

  6. (intransitive, transitive)An illusion of depth is created when one object partially covers another.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Overlap can occur.

    ruМожет произойти наложение.

    deEs kann Überlapp auftreten.

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  2. Reality sometimes overlaps with political reality.

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  3. My sentences and my opinions only sometimes overlap.

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  4. Starseeds are not otherkin, but they can overlap.

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  5. How many times per day do a clock’s hands overlap?

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
transitive: to extend over and partly cover something:
to have an area, range, character or function in common:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
transitive: to extend over and partly cover something:
to have an area, range, character or function in common:
(used of sets) to have some elements in common:

Origin

From over- + lap.

From over- + lap.

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Forms

overlaps, overlapping, overlapped, overlapped
Base formoverlap · to overlap
3rd person singularoverlaps
Present participleoverlapping
Past simpleoverlapped
Past participleoverlapped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverlap
he, she, itoverlaps

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverlapped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overlapped
he, she, ithas overlapped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overlap

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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