Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overlap
comparative more overlapping · superlative most overlapping
- That overlaps something else
A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick., archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014
plural overlappings
- The situation in which things overlap.
This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncovering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish päällekkäinen, limittäinen
- päällekkäinenadjective
- limittäinenadjective
- limittäisyysthe situation in which things overlap
French chevauchant, recouvrant
- chevauchantadjective
- recouvrantadjective
- chevauchementthe situation in which things overlap
Greek επικαλυπτικός
- επικαλυπτικός (epikalyptikós)adjective
Indonesian tumpang tindih
- tumpang tindihthe situation in which things overlap
Italian sovrapposto
- sovrappostoadjective
Malay pertindihan, pertindanan
- pertindihanthe situation in which things overlap
- pertindananthe situation in which things overlap
Māori īnakinaki
- īnakinakiadjective
Portuguese superposto, sobreposto
- superpostoadjective
- sobrepostoadjective
- sobreposiçãothe situation in which things overlap
Russian нахлёст, перекрытие
- нахлёст (naxljóst)the situation in which things overlap
- перекрытие (perekrytije)the situation in which things overlap
Spanish solapado, traslapado
- solapadoadjective
- traslapadoadjective
- imbricadoadjective
- traslapethe situation in which things overlap
- solapamientothe situation in which things overlap
- imbricaciónthe situation in which things overlap
- solapethe situation in which things overlap
Swedish överlappande
- överlappandeadjective
Tagalog unsod-unsod
- unsod-unsodadjective
Cite this entry
overlapping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlapping
“overlapping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlapping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlapping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlapping.
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