overlapping

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 5.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of overlap
2. adjective That overlaps something else
3. noun The situation in which things overlap.

Similar words

imbrication related lapping clincher-built clinker-built lap-jointed lap-strake lap-straked lap-streak lap-streaked

Often followed by

of and the with in or between generations consensus

Word family

overlap overlapped overlaps