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overlapping en · ADJ

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

non-overlapping magisteria · nonoverlapping · overgo · overlappingly

Translations (17)

fi limittäinen (adjective) · pt superposto (adjective) · fr chevauchant (adjective) · mi īnakinaki (adjective) · es imbricado (adjective) · ka ნაწილობრივ თანმხვედრი (adjective) · pt sobreposto (adjective) · fr recouvrant (adjective) · es solapado (adjective) · es traslapado (adjective) · ka ნაწილობრივ თანამთხვეული (adjective) · tl unsod-unsod (adjective) · ka ნაწილობრივ გადაფარებული (adjective) · sv överlappande (adjective) · el επικαλυπτικός (adjective) · fi päällekkäinen (adjective) · it sovrapposto (adjective)

overlapping en · NOUN

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Translations (12)

pt sobreposição (the situation in which things overlap) · ru перекрытие (the situation in which things overlap) · ru нахлёст (the situation in which things overlap) · fi limittäisyys (the situation in which things overlap) · fr chevauchement (the situation in which things overlap) · es imbricación (the situation in which things overlap) · es solapamiento (the situation in which things overlap) · ms pertindihan (the situation in which things overlap) · es traslape (the situation in which things overlap) · id tumpang tindih (the situation in which things overlap) · ms pertindanan (the situation in which things overlap) · es solape (the situation in which things overlap)

overlapping en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of overlap
   form of overlap