overlapping 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of overlappingnext
as in intersecting

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overlapping

2 of 2

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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
  1. underlying
  2. lapping
  3. superposed
  4. convergent
Adjective
  • The unidentified patient was over 65 and was reported to have underlying medical conditions, the agency said.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • That includes children, pregnant people, older adults and anyone with underlying conditions such as asthma or heart and lung conditions.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of underlying
Verb
  • Tracking shots through vast mansions, majestic overhead shots of the stag hunt and water lapping at the camera lens as a French galley slowly sinks into the ocean serve to immerse the audience in the film’s 19th century European world.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Tracking shots through vast mansions, majestic overhead shots of the stag hunt and water lapping at the camera lens as a French galley slowly sinks into the ocean serve to immerse the audience in the film’s 19th century European world.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of lapping
Adjective
  • Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.
    Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.
    Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
Definition of superposed
Adjective
  • So convergent function is associated with convergent disorders.
    Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But a lot of the brain circuitry and the underlying genetics is convergent.
    Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of convergent
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