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Uncommonoverlapping
The correct spelling is overlapping.
How to pronounce overlapping
verb
Say it like: Ove-rla-ppi-ng
The correct spelling is overlapping. To extend over and partly cover something. For example: "The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk."
Usage Examples
“The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.”
“The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.”
“The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To extend over and partly cover something.
- 2.To have an area, range, character or function in common.
- 3.Of sets: to have some elements in common.
- 4.To have some similar nucleotide sequences.
noun
- 1.The situation in which things overlap.
adjective
- 1.That overlaps something else
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