overlapping
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Difficulty LevelExpert
Sophisticated vocabulary
Word FrequencyModerate
Occasionally encountered
Syllables4
Complex pronunciation
Analysis:
- • Advanced vocabulary
- • Longer word (11 letters)
- • Multiple syllables (4)
verb
1. To extend over and partly cover something.
"The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk."
2. To have an area, range, character or function in common.
"The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges."
3. Of sets: to have some elements in common.
"The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)."
4. To have some similar nucleotide sequences.
Synonyms
noun
1. The situation in which things overlap.
adjective
1. That overlaps something else
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