Overlapping for Dummies

Overlapping means when two or more things partially or fully cover or occupy the same space or time. You know when you draw a picture on a piece of paper, and then you draw another picture right on top of it so that some parts are hidden? That's kind of like overlapping. It's like when two things share some part of the same space or time, so they kind of mix together or blend in some way.

For example, imagine you are at a busy intersection with lots of cars. You see two cars driving towards each other from different directions, and they both want to turn right at the same time. What could happen is that their paths might overlap, which means they might end up in the same space at the same time and bump into each other. That would not be good, right? So when their paths overlap, it means that there is a possibility of a collision because they both want to be in the same space at the same time.

But overlapping doesn't have to be about physical things like cars or objects. It can also be about time or ideas. Let me give you another example. Have you ever watched a movie with subtitles? The words you read at the bottom of the screen and the images you see on the screen might overlap. That means the words are covering or affecting the images in some way. They share the same space and time because they are both happening at the same moment when you watch the movie. And sometimes the words might even cover the faces or block some parts of the image, but that's because they are overlapping and they are sharing the same space on the screen.

So remember, overlapping means when two or more things partially or fully cover or occupy the same space or time. It can happen with physical objects, like cars or pictures, or with things that we can't see or touch, like time or ideas.