1. Extend over and cover a part of
   "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"
    
2. Coincide partially or wholly
   "Our vacations overlap"

1. A flap that lies over another part
   "the overlap of the shingles should be at least ten inches";
   - lap
    
2. The property of partial coincidence in time
   "There was significant overlap between the two projects' schedules"
    
3. A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
   "there was no overlap between their proposals";
   - convergence, intersection

Derived forms: overlaps, overlapped, overlapping

Type of: coincide, coincidence, concurrence, conjunction, continue, co-occur, co-occurrence, cover, extend, flap, internal representation, mental representation, representation

Encyclopedia: Overlap