verb🔗ShareTo extend over and partly cover something."The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk."areapositionappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo have an area, range, character or function in common."The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges."areafunctionrangeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareOf sets: to have some elements in common."The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)."mathstatisticsnumberlogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo have some similar nucleotide sequences."The students noticed that the sequences of DNA they were studying overlapped in several key areas, suggesting a possible evolutionary link. "biologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading