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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
overlap
/ˈəʊvəˌlæp/
verb1 of 2
To lie over or cover a part of something else
- “My sentences and my opinions only sometimes overlap.”Tatoeba
- “Reality sometimes overlaps with political reality.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)