overlap
pronunciation
How to pronounce overlap in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvəˈlæp , ˈəʊvəlæp]
How to pronounce overlap in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈlæp , ˈoʊvərlæp]
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- Noun:
- a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
- the property of partial coincidence in time
- a flap that lies over another part
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- Verb:
- coincide partially or wholly
- extend over and cover a part of
Word Origin
- overlap
- overlap: see lap
- overlap (v.)
- "to partially extend over," 1726, over- + lap (v.). Related: Overlapped; overlapping.
- overlap (n.)
- 1813, from overlap (v.).
Example
- 1. Environmental permitting is inefficient , rife with redundancy , agency overlap , and jurisdictional issues .
- 2. All of the trends that we 're profiling overlap .
- 3. This makes a big overlap inevitable .
- 4. Where possible overlap your actionable items between goals .
- 5. Sometimes these overlap , which is nice .