overlap
US /ˌoʊvərˈlæp/
・UK /ˌəʊvəˈlæp/
B1
noun
- Amount shared in the same space, form, idea
verb
- To lie over or cover a part of something else
- To happen at the same time as another event
- To share qualities or functions
Examples
Put the two pieces of paper together so that they overlap slightly. The two categories overlap to some extent.
a world which overlaps with the newspaper world