overlapping

«overlapping» in Mova's school dictionary: covering part of something else, so two things lie partly… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (overlapping); verb form (-ing of overlap: overlap, overlaps, overlapped, overlapping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Overlapping means covering part of something else, so two things lie partly over each other. tree →

2) Overlapping ideas or times share some part in common. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, overlapping circles in a Venn diagram show things that belong to both groups; the overlap is the middle part. In science, fish scales and roof tiles are overlapping to keep water out. In timetables, overlapping events happen at the same time. Phrases: "overlapping circles", "overlapping times".

examples

• Draw two overlapping circles for a Venn diagram. tree →
• Roof tiles are overlapping so rain runs off. tree →
• The fish has overlapping scales. tree →
• Our clubs have overlapping times, so I can't do both. tree →
• The overlapping part shows numbers that are even and less than ten. tree →
• The leaves were overlapping in the sun. tree →

note

Double p: overlapped, overlapping. In a Venn diagram, a thing in the overlapping part is counted once, not twice; when adding groups, subtract the overlap so you do not count it twice.

In the corpora

• Draw two overlapping circles.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overlapping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.