overlapping adjective (SAME SPACE) Add to word list covering something partly by going over its edge, or covering part of the same space:

The meaning of OVERLAP is to extend over or past and cover a part of. How to use overlap in a sentence.

OVERLAP definition: to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate. See examples of overlap used in a sentence.

Definition of overlap verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

This is an urgent matter of our national security, uncomfortably overlapping with our politics.

ˈoʊvɚˌlæp/ v., -lapped, -lap•ping, n. v. to stretch over and cover a part of (something else): [~ + object] Each piece of tile overlaps the next one. [no object] The pieces of tile overlap.

The roof shingles overlap. The petals of the flower overlap. = The flower has overlapping petals.

If you have two pieces of something, and one is covering a part of another, then they're overlapping.

The chart looks a lot like a tangled family tree, with some rappers' names overlapping between categories.

overlap meaning, definition, what is overlap: if two or more things overlap, part of o...: Learn more.