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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERLAIN

overlain  [ˌəʊvəˈlaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERLAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overlain is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overlain in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERLAIN

PRESENT

Present
I overlie
you overlie
he/she/it overlies
we overlie
you overlie
they overlie
Present continuous
I am overlying
you are overlying
he/she/it is overlying
we are overlying
you are overlying
they are overlying
Present perfect
I have overlain
you have overlain
he/she/it has overlain
we have overlain
you have overlain
they have overlain
Present perfect continuous
I have been overlying
you have been overlying
he/she/it has been overlying
we have been overlying
you have been overlying
they have been overlying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overlay
you overlay
he/she/it overlay
we overlay
you overlay
they overlay
Past continuous
I was overlying
you were overlying
he/she/it was overlying
we were overlying
you were overlying
they were overlying
Past perfect
I had overlain
you had overlain
he/she/it had overlain
we had overlain
you had overlain
they had overlain
Past perfect continuous
I had been overlying
you had been overlying
he/she/it had been overlying
we had been overlying
you had been overlying
they had been overlying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overlie
you will overlie
he/she/it will overlie
we will overlie
you will overlie
they will overlie
Future continuous
I will be overlying
you will be overlying
he/she/it will be overlying
we will be overlying
you will be overlying
they will be overlying
Future perfect
I will have overlain
you will have overlain
he/she/it will have overlain
we will have overlain
you will have overlain
they will have overlain
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overlying
you will have been overlying
he/she/it will have been overlying
we will have been overlying
you will have been overlying
they will have been overlying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overlain
you would overlain
he/she/it would overlain
we would overlain
you would overlain
they would overlain
Conditional continuous
I would be overlying
you would be overlying
he/she/it would be overlying
we would be overlying
you would be overlying
they would be overlying
Conditional perfect
I would have overlain
you would have overlain
he/she/it would have overlain
we would have overlain
you would have overlain
they would have overlain
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overlying
you would have been overlying
he/she/it would have been overlying
we would have been overlying
you would have been overlying
they would have been overlying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overlie
we let´s overlie
you overlie
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overlie
Past participle
overlain
Present Participle
overlying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERLAIN


align
əˈlaɪn
aline
əˈlaɪn
hardline
ˌhɑːdˈlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
interline
ˌɪntəˈlaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
ligne
laɪn
line
laɪn
malign
məˈlaɪn
misalign
ˌmɪsəˈlaɪn
moline
məˈlaɪn
monocrystalline
ˌmɒnəʊˈkrɪstəˈlaɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
realign
ˌriːəˈlaɪn
reline
ˌriːˈlaɪn
top-of-the-line
ˌtɒpəvðəˈlaɪn
underline
ˌʌndəˈlaɪn
unline
ʌnˈlaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERLAIN

overlabor
overlabour
overlade
overladen
overlaid
overland
overlander
overlap
overlapped
overlapping
overlard
overlarge
overlate
overlaunch
overlavish
overlax
overlay
overlaying
overleaf
overleap

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERLAIN

blain
bromelain
chamberlain
Champlain
chaplain
chatelain
chilblain
complain
explain
flood plain
lain
Lake Champlain
Lord Chamberlain
murlain
plain
porcelain
Salisbury Plain
slain
underlain
villain

Synonyms and antonyms of overlain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overlain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERLAIN

Find out the translation of overlain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overlain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overlain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

叠加式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobreyacida
570 millions of speakers

English

overlain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overlain
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعلوها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перекрыты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recoberta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিশায়িত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

recouverte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overlain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

übereinanderliegenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

覆わ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

덮여 져
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overlain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overlain
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சார்ந்தே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आच्छादन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üzerlenmektedir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overlain
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przykryte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перекриті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suprapuse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερκείμενης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overlain
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overlain
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overlain
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overlain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERLAIN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERLAIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overlain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERLAIN»

Discover the use of overlain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overlain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Overlying the till is 2 ft of dark-gray-brown, very fine, plastic clay similar to that in the type section. The clay is overlain by 20-30 ft of gray, fine, soft, loose, even- textured sand. Above the sand is 10 ft of lead-gray to tan, soft, plastic clay and silt.
‎1994
2
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
The succession is overlain by gray-white marl which is glauconitic at the base and was considered by Chatton to belong to the base of the Umm er Radhuma Formation. At Al Masilah the formation is represented by 30 m of marl with harder  ...
‎1966
3
Depositional Environments, Lithostratigraphy, and ...
clasts), and overlain by 3.2 m of gray mudstone. The limestone bed is a siliceous bench-forming unit 57 cm thick. It consists of 36 cm of algal bindstone at the base (lithofacies C), overlain by 12 cm of undulose- bedded limestone with shell ...
Dennis O. Terry, Hannan E. LaGarry, Robert M. Hunt (Jr.), 1998
4
Studies in Indian Archaeology: Professor H.D. Sankalia ...
The basal rock is compact trap and is overlain by bouldery gravel (thickness 1 to 1£ mt.), and this in turn is overlain by dark non-kankary reddish brown silt ( thickness 6 to 8 mts.). The fine pebbly gravel of 1 mt. thickness is found to rest on the ...
Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo, Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar, 1985
5
Archean to Anthropocene: Field Guides to the Geology of the ...
The megabreccia is overlain by a decimeters-thick, matrix-supported, pebble “ mesobreccia” and massive, pebbly sandstone—here termed gritstone owing to its content of moderately sorted but primarily angular grains. Scattered accretionary ...
James D. Miller, George H. Hudak, Chad Wittkop, 2011
6
The Atlantic Gold District and the North Laramie Mountains, ...
13, 1 foot of coal, overlain and underlain by clay, is exposed on bed I. The sections measured at locations 265, 266, and 267, in sec. 13, are shown graphically on Plate IX. In the NE. \ NE. \ sec. 13, 1 foot 1 inch of coal, overlain by bone and ...
Arthur Coe Spencer, 1916
7
Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. ...
'E' Cape Clay* subdivision D Subdivision C Subdivision B Subdivision A base not exposed overlain by Quaternary subdivision D Subdivision C Subdivision B Subdivision A Kane Basin Rawlings Bay Rawlings Bay Kane overlain by Danish  ...
Harrison, J C, Dewing, K, Lee, C C
8
The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts
Crater name Location Diameter (km) Target rock Notes on the target stratigraphy Acraman Australia 90 C Mesoproterozoic volcanics, predominantly dacite Ames USA 16 M Precambrian granite, overlain by Cambrian-Ordovician dolomite ...
Kevin R. Evans, 2008
9
Tectonic Controls and Signatures in Sedimentary Successions: ...
The slope and basinal units are, in turn, structurally overlain by the southward continuation of the Dulup carbonate platform, the Sutqzuler Limestones of Akbulut (19??) Figs 21. Towards the east, the Sutouler—Dulup carbonate platform thrust ...
L. Frostick, 2009
10
Impact Cratering: Processes and Products
An, Gr, Mn Ejecta deposits are preserved in the crater rim region where a complex series of melt-free and -poor lithic impact breccias are overlain by impact melt-bearing breccias and coherent silicate impact melt rocks (Mader et al ., 2011).
G. R. Osinski, E. Pierazzo, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERLAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overlain is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Seeing Like a Rover: How Robots, Teams and Images Craft …
She looks at how an image becomes coloured, annotated and overlain by graphics. Each iteration, she says, “captures a consensus moment in ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
2
Safety products: Integrated weather intelligence for outage …
... Responder outage management system, enabling utilities to easily visualize near real-time weather events overlain on network asset data. «Utility Products, Jul 15»
3
Mother spared jail after admitting she kept secret of her baby's death …
A pathologist in 1963 concluded the cause of Wayne's death was asphyxia, consistent with the baby having been overlain. The coroner ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Eagle Plains Commences Exploration at Wollaston Project …
The claim group region is comprised of Archean granite inliers, overlain by calc-silicate and graphite-bearing metasedimentary rocks of the Wollaston Group, ... «Junior Mining Network, Jul 15»
5
Crater Lake: The Most Improbable Tourist Attraction
Artifacts have been uncovered in caves in the area, overlain with a thick mantle of ash. Crater Lake is a place of “mosts.” It's the purest, clearest ... «Benitolink: San Benito County News, Jul 15»
6
Faldo savors one last ride at St. Andrews
For each, this last round here must have been overlain by memories all those that preceded it, stirring thoughts of old opponents, victories and ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
7
Mummy of a child warrior from lost medieval civilization unearthed …
Next it was overlain with bast and then all wrapped in the bark.' Dr Fyodorova, deputy director of the Shemanovsky Science Museum and ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
8
Water, Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop the EPA Doesn't Want to …
... Coastal Louisiana, or The Everglades upon which the map above would have to be overlain to give the readers a full pictures of the breadth ... «The Heartland Institute, Jul 15»
9
'Mummy of a child warrior from 'lost medieval civilisation' unearthed …
Next it was overlain with bast and then all wrapped in the bark.' Dr Fyodorova, deputy director of the Shemanovsky Science Museum and ... «The Siberian Times, Jul 15»
10
Pictured: Mummified boy, 6, from 900-year-old 'lost civilisation' is …
"Next it was overlain with bast and then all wrapped in the bark." She said the burial "differs" from others at the site. "Other children were buried ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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