The verb is pronounced /oʊvə(r)læp/. The noun is pronounced /oʊvə(r)læp/.
( overlapped)
1.
If one thing overlaps another, or if you overlap them, a part of the first thing occupies the same area as a part of the other thing. You can also say that two things overlap .
When the bag is folded flat, the bag bottom overlaps one side of the bag...
Overlap the slices carefully so there are no gaps...
Use vinyl seam adhesive where vinyls overlap...
The edges must overlap each other or weeds will push through the gaps.
V-RECIP : V n , V pl-n , pl-n V , pl-n V n
2.
If one idea or activity overlaps another, or overlaps with another, they involve some of the same subjects, people, or periods of time.
Elizabeth met other Oxford intellectuals some of whom overlapped Naomi’s world...
Christian holy week overlaps with the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover...
The needs of patients invariably overlap...
V-RECIP : V n , V with n , pl-n V
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Overlap is also a noun.
...the overlap between civil and military technology...
N-VAR : oft N between pl-n