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overlapped

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  1. To extend over and partly cover something.“The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.”
  2. To have an area, range, character or function in common.“The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.”
  3. Of sets: to have some elements in common.“The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).”
  4. To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

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