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1. Coincide partially or wholly
   "Our vacations overlap"
    
2. Extend over and cover a part of
   "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"

1. A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
   "there was no overlap between their proposals"
   - convergence, intersection
    
2. The property of partial coincidence in time
    
3. A flap that lies over another part
   "the overlap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
   - lap

Derived forms: overlapped, overlapping, overlaps

See also: overlapping

Type of: coincide, coincidence, concurrence, conjunction, continue, cooccur, co-occur, co-occurrence, cover, extend, flap, internal representation, mental representation, representation

Encyclopedia: Overlap