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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
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laep
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| inflections: |
overlaps, overlapping, overlapped |
| definition 1: |
to cover or extend over part of.
The shingles on the roof overlap each other.
- similar words:
- lap
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| definition 2: |
to coincide partially with; have something in common with.
We shouldn't schedule the projects so that they overlap each other.Her ideas and mine overlap each other in some ways but differ in many others. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
o
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laep
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| definition: |
to cover or extend over part of something else or over a part of a thing itself.
This wraparound skirt overlaps at the front.- similar words:
- lap
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| related words: |
converge |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
o
vr
laep
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| definition 1: |
the process or an instance of overlapping.
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| definition 2: |
the amount of overlapping.
There is a lot of overlap between what we're studying in English and what we're learning in history class.- similar words:
- lap
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| definition 3: |
that which overlaps.
- similar words:
- lap
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| related words: |
fold |
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| derivation: |
overlapping (adj.) |
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