Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)Something that overlaps or is overlapped.

    нахлёстnaxljóst, перекрытиеperekrytije

  2. (intransitive, transitive)A situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a two man overlap or three man overlap, etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to waste an overlap.

  3. (intransitive, transitive)The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.

More definitions
  • the property of partial coincidence in time
  • a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
  • a flap that lies over another part

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Overlap can occur.

    ruМожет произойти наложение. — afyodor

    deEs kann Überlapp auftreten. — Yorwba

  2. Reality sometimes overlaps with political reality.

  3. My sentences and my opinions only sometimes overlap.

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

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

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
something that overlaps:

Origin

From over- + lap.

From over- + lap.

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Forms

plural: overlaps
Singularoverlap
Pluraloverlaps

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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