Standard Lemma guide

overlapping

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

That overlaps something else

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The situation in which things overlap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of overlap

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imbrication, lapping

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: covering

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: päällekkäinen — adjective
  • Finnish: limittäinen — adjective
  • French: chevauchant — adjective
  • French: recouvrant — adjective
  • Georgian: ნაწილობრივ გადაფარებული (nac̣ilobriv gadaparebuli) — adjective
  • Georgian: ნაწილობრივ თანამთხვეული (nac̣ilobriv tanamtxveuli) — adjective
  • Georgian: ნაწილობრივ თანმხვედრი (nac̣ilobriv tanmxvedri) — adjective
  • Greek: επικαλυπτικός (epikalyptikós) — adjective
  • Italian: sovrapposto — adjective
  • Māori: īnakinaki — adjective
  • Portuguese: superposto — adjective
  • Portuguese: sobreposto — adjective
  • Spanish: solapado — adjective
  • Spanish: traslapado — adjective
  • Spanish: imbricado — adjective
  • Swedish: överlappande — adjective
  • Tagalog: unsod-unsod — adjective
  • Finnish: limittäisyys — the situation in which things overlap
  • French: chevauchement — the situation in which things overlap
  • Indonesian: tumpang tindih — the situation in which things overlap
  • Malay: pertindihan — the situation in which things overlap
  • Malay: pertindanan — the situation in which things overlap
  • Portuguese: sobreposição — the situation in which things overlap
  • Russian: нахлёст (naxljóst) — the situation in which things overlap
  • Russian: перекрытие (perekrytije) — the situation in which things overlap
  • Spanish: traslape — the situation in which things overlap
  • Spanish: solapamiento — the situation in which things overlap
  • Spanish: imbricación — the situation in which things overlap
  • Spanish: solape — the situation in which things overlap