Search Result:lapse
KK Pronunciation
〔 læps 〕
Pronunciation
〔 læps 〕
Overview of noun lapse
The noun lapse has 3 senses
- oversight, lapse -- (a mistake resulting from inattention)
- lapse -- (a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters")
- backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting -- (a failure to maintain a higher state)
Overview of verb lapse
The verb lapse has 6 senses
- sink, pass, lapse -- (pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana")
- lapse -- (end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed")
- lapse, backslide -- (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)
- relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back -- (go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals")
- lapse -- (let slip; "He lapsed his membership")
- elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along -- (pass by; "three years elapsed")