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- DictionaryLapse/laps/
noun
- 1. a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment: "a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match"
- 2. an interval or passage of time: "there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events"
verb
- 1. (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire: "my membership to the gym has lapsed"
- 2. pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition): "the country has lapsed into chaos"
noun. 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. a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure: a lapse of memory. an interval or passage of time; elapsed period: a lapse of ten minutes before the program resumed.
A lapse is a temporary slip, failure or break in continuity. If you’re normally polite, a lapse in manners could make you forget to say “please” and “thank you.” First used to imply a “slip of the memory,” the noun lapse evolved in the sixteenth century from the Latin lapsus, meaning “a slipping and falling, falling into error ...
1 day ago · noun. 1. a drop in standard of an isolated or temporary nature. a lapse of justice. 2. a break in occurrence, usage, etc. a lapse of five weeks between letters. 3. a gradual decline or a drop to a lower degree, condition, or state.
1. an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state: a lapse of justice. 2. a slip or error, often of a trivial sort: a lapse of memory. 3. an interval or passage of time; elapsed period. 4. a moral fall, as from rectitude or virtue.
lapse. noun. /læps/ a small mistake, especially one that is caused by forgetting something or by being careless. a lapse of concentration/memory. A momentary lapse in the final set cost her the match. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
a period of time when something does not happen as it should: a memory lapse. It is thought that the accident was caused by a lapse of concentration. lapse noun [C] (TIME) a period of time passing between two things happening: a time lapse/a lapse of time. He turned up again after a lapse of two years. lapse. verb [ I ] uk / læps / us.
Lapse definition: an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard. See examples of LAPSE used in a sentence.
