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overlapping
verb
To extend over and partly cover something.
"The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk."
To have an area, range, character or function in common.
"The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges."
Of sets: to have some elements in common.
"The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)."
Synonymsintersect
noun
The situation in which things overlap.
adjective
That overlaps something else
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