OVERLAPPING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

overlapping 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of overlapping next

as in intersecting

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overlapping

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verb

present participle of overlap

as in overlying

to lie over parts of one another the brochures on the display table should overlap but not so much that the titles are obscured

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Adjective

There's also the vast and the invisible underlying logic telling everything how to function.

PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Since the intelligence agencies do not usually bother to debunk such individual bits of false propaganda, the sudden flurry of public notifications indicates the severity of the threat that U.S. spies now see in the underlying Russian plot against the election.

The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024

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