overlapped
重なった
解説 Definition
overlapped は overlap（重なる、一部が共通する）の過去形・過去分詞です。物理的に重なった場合だけでなく、時間や内容、範囲が一部共通した場合にも使われます。
Shared or covered part of the same space, time, subject matter, or range. As the past-tense or past-participle form of overlap, it describes two or more things that extended across one another or had some portion in common.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 overlap に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞。語末の p を重ねて overlapped と綴り、-ed は無声音 /p/ の後なので /t/ と発音する。二つの円の一部が重なる図を核に、meetings「時間」、reports「内容」、areas「範囲」が一部共通した場面へ広げる。完全一致ではなく、部分的な重なりが中心。
Break overlapped into over plus lap and picture two circles covering part of the same area. Keep the idea of partial common ground: meetings can overlap in time, reports can overlap in content, and regions can overlap in space. The word does not normally mean that two things are completely identical. Overlapped is the past tense and past participle of overlap. In spelling, the final p is doubled before -ed: overlap becomes overlapped. Because /p/ is voiceless, the -ed ending is pronounced /t/. Common patterns include overlapped with and overlapped in several areas.
例文
The two circles overlapped in the center.
二つの円は中央で重なりました。
Our meeting overlapped with another appointment.
私たちの会議は別の予定と時間が重なりました。
The two reports overlapped in several sections.
二つの報告書はいくつかの部分で内容が重なっていました。
overlapped の類義語・関連語
overlapped の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overlappedは古英語ofer「上に」と、古英語læppa「垂れた部分・ひだ」に由来するlapから成ります。布や板の端が上にかぶさる姿から「重なる」の意味になりました。関連語はoverlap, lapです。
Overlapped is formed from overlap by doubling the final p and adding -ed. Overlap combines over with lap, a word historically connected with a hanging part, fold, or edge of cloth. The physical image is of one edge extending over another. From that concrete sense, overlap developed broader uses for periods, topics, areas, or categories that share a portion. The -ed form marks past or completed action.
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