overlapping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
    imbrication; lapping.
  2. verb coincide partially or wholly
    overlap.
    • Our vacations overlap
  3. verb extend over and cover a part of
    overlap.
    • The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city

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