overlapping

3 definitions • 4 examples

covering something partly by going over its edge, or covering part of the same space:

The overlapping slates of the roofs in the mountain village resembled fish scales.

having some parts that are the same or happen at the same time:

The word has two separate but overlapping meanings.

She had several overlapping commitments that day.

in football, involving a player passing the ball to another member of his or her team and then running beyond that player so that he or she is ready to receive the ball again:

Carragher made some excellent overlapping runs.