verb🔗ShareTo extend over and partly cover something."The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk."areapositionstructureChat 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."areafunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareOf sets: to have some elements in common."The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)."mathnumbergroupstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo have some similar nucleotide sequences."The DNA sequences of siblings often overlap, which explains why they share similar traits. "biologybiochemistryorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe situation in which things overlap."The overlapping of the school's soccer season and the basketball season created a scheduling conflict for many students. "situationthingareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareThat overlaps something else"The schedule for the afternoon activities has overlapping times for meetings. "areapositionstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading