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to overlap

to overlap

7 3.6
To lie over and partly cover something else
  • verb
  • /ˈoʊvərˌlæp/
translation icon : solapar
  • Make sure the tiles overlap slightly at the edges to prevent any gaps.
  • different colorants overlap

We would have to overlap that rub rail.

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Examples

  • These walls overlap and there's a passageway back here.

    Angels & Demons (2009)

  • And as the waves of light overlap, they will interfere with each other.

  • You can just use software to overlap these two things.

  • So those four different things that probably overlap with each other too, a bit.

  • And here I will fold and overlap all of those little pieces.

  • Then we drill the full size holes so they overlap slightly like that.

  • Don't let anything overlap and it should be just fine.

  • You obviously started acting earlier than I did, but we overlapped in our teen years.

  • The women slide on and off the screen, overlap and collide, as the titles appear.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • At those locations where scans overlap, there are two or more measurements at the same spot.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to superimpose
vsto overlap
24 6.7

To put one thing on top of another so both are visible

lays across an area to partly cover without keeping both things visible
to straddle
vsto overlap
13 5.0

To reach across an area so parts are on both sides

reaches across and partly covers by sharing space at the edges
to overlay
vsto overlap
11 4.2

To cover something with a layer of material

extends across and partly covers without forming a distinct added layer
to lay over
vsto overlap
3 3.5

To put one thing on top of another so it partly covers it

extends across something and partly covers it by sharing space
to superpose
vsto overlap
1 8.5

To put one thing on top of another so they line up and can be seen

covers part of something by extending across rather than emphasizing alignment
to overspread
vsto overlap
1 7.1

Move across a surface and cover it, like mist or color

extends over part of something rather than spreading fully across

Antonyms

to detach
16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Covered

to coincide
80 4.4
to cover
∞ 1.0
to overlap
7 3.6
to touch
∞ 1.0
to abut
7 6.9

Surface Forms

overlap infinitive
overlapped past
overlapped past participle
overlapping present participle
overlaps third person singular

Morphology

overlap = lap (transparent) = over + lap

Productive prefixation of 'over-' to the verb 'lap' gives the literal sense of partly covering or extending over.

Etymology

To overlap is built from over 'above' and lap 'a fold or flap', so it literally means to lie on top of another part. That's why we say tiles or curtains should overlap to cover gaps and stop leaks.