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overlapping

overlapping

5 3.5
One thing partly covers another, like tiles on a roof
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊvərˈlæpɪŋ/
translation icon : superposición
  • The artist created an intricate pattern with tiles that show stunning overlapping designs.
  • distinct but overlapping
  • two overlapping
  • Curriculum overlapping

For you, however, you know six of them, and they're not all the same sort of overlapping.

Examples

  • Again, are these factors cultural, structural, or, as seems most likely, some complex overlapping of both?

    Academic text (2002)

  • But I mean, there are a whole series of different overlapping qualifications.

  • Further, there are potentially overlapping models within and across categories.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Today, however, we have a fresh canvas on which to sketch our shared hopes and to advance our overlapping ambitions.

  • Teachers, students, and administrators all function within several separate but overlapping and interrelated systems.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Land ownership in Amazonia has been characterized by extensive fraud and overlapping and competing claims.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The cases reported here reveal land and resource use rights to be ambiguous, overlapping, and even contradictory.

    Academic text (1997)

  • We hear a snippet of the intense and lively Stillwater interview, full of overlapping and barely discernible voices.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The Islamic Republic's overlapping and sometimes parallel power structures often confound Iranians, let alone outside observers.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The architect's plan included several overlapping layers that enhance the building's aesthetic.

Synonyms

intersection
vsoverlapping
42 3.2

A point where different things or ideas meet

is about one thing partially covering another in patterned arrangement not crossing
overlap
vsoverlapping
7 3.7

A part that lies over another to cover it

is the action or result where elements partially cover each other in patterns
superimposition
vsoverlapping
3 7.4

One image or object put over another so both are seen

describes partial covering in a pattern rather than visible combination or blending
lapping
vsoverlapping
1 6.0

A way pieces partly cover each other to protect or decorate

is a broader process of partial covering used in patterned arrangements
imbrication
vsoverlapping
  • Specialized
9.9

An arrangement of overlapping things like roof tiles or feathers so each covers part of the one below

is the general act of partial covering in patterns rather than this tiled arrangement
superposition
vsoverlapping
8.1

Putting one thing on top of another so parts overlap

focuses on patterned partial covering rather than mere placement or position

Antonyms

non-overlapping
4.1

Not touching or sharing any part with anything else

How Overlapping

layering
4 3.5
overlapping
5 3.5
contact
371 1.0
separation
8 3.2

Surface Forms

overlapping singular
overlappings plural

Morphology

overlapping = overlap (transparent) = over + lap + ing

Formed by the verb 'overlap' plus the nominalizing/gerundial '-ing', so the action/result meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Overlapping comes from the parts over ('on top') and lap ('to cover the edge of something'), which gives the image of tiles or shingles that partly cover each other. So overlapping means one thing covers part of another.