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- [laps]
- /læps/
- /læps/
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- [laps]
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Definitions of lapse word
- noun lapse an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice. 1
- noun lapse a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure: a lapse of memory. 1
- noun lapse an interval or passage of time; elapsed period: a lapse of ten minutes before the program resumed. 1
- noun lapse a moral fall, as from rectitude or virtue. 1
- noun lapse a fall or decline to a lower grade, condition, or degree; descent; regression: a lapse into savagery. 1
- noun lapse the act of falling, slipping, sliding, etc., slowly or by degrees. 1
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Origin of lapse
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Latin lāpsus an error, slipping, failing, equivalent to lāb(ī) to slide, slip, fall, make a mistake + -sus, for -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Lapse
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lapse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lapse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lapse
verb lapse
- go by — a going by without notice; an intentional passing by; snub: to give one the go-by.
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
noun lapse
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- error — A mistake.
- hiccup — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
Antonyms for lapse
verb lapse
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
noun lapse
- accuracy — The accuracy of information or measurements is their quality of being true or correct, even in small details.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- care — If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
- correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.
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