επικαλύπτω — meaning in English

English meaning

• overlap verb To extend over part of something else, partly covering it.
• override verb To take priority over, or cancel out, an existing decision, rule, or system.

Senses

επικαλύπτω is used for these senses in English:

• overlap To extend over and partly cover something.
• override (object-oriented, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

overlap — full definition

1. verb To extend over part of something else, partly covering it.
2. verb To share part of the same time, space, or subject matter with something else.
3. noun A part shared in common, or the act of overlapping.

override — full definition

1. verb To take priority over, or cancel out, an existing decision, rule, or system.
2. verb In programming, to replace an inherited method with a new version of the same name.
3. noun A mechanism or command used to take manual control over something automatic.

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