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[ verb ] coincide partially or wholly
Examples "Our vacations overlap" Used in print (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)As these maladies overlap , so must the cure . Other pairs of phonologic subsystems also interact or overlap in this way ; for_example , duration sometimes figures in both the vowel_system and the intonation . |
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[ verb ] extend over and cover a part of
Examples "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city" Used in print (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)The trees were crowded so closely together that their branches overlapped , virtually shutting_out the sun completely . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the property of partial coincidence in time
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[ noun ] a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
Synonyms Examples "there was no overlap between their proposals" Related terms |
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