📖 Определения и значения для слова overlap
📒 if one thing overlaps another, or the two things overlap, part of one thing covers part of the other
- A fish’s scales overlap each other.
- The floor was protected with overlapping sheets of newspaper.
📒 to make two or more things overlap
- You will need to overlap the pieces of wood slightly.
📒 if two events overlap or overlap each other, the second one starts before the first one has finished
📒 to cover part of the same area of interest, knowledge, responsibility, etc.
- Our jobs overlap slightly, which sometimes causes difficulties.
- overlap with something The language of science overlaps with that of everyday life.
- overlap something The themes of this novel overlap those explored by other writers of the period.