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- Dictionaryelapse/ɪˈlaps/
verb
- 1. (of time) pass or go by: "weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack"
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(of time) to go past: Four years had elapsed since she last saw him. (Definition of elapse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of elapse.
(of time) to go past: Four years had elapsed since she last saw him. (Definition of elapse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of elapse.
noun. : passage. returned after an elapse of 15 years. Synonyms. Verb. break off. break up. cease. close. conclude. dead-end. determine. die. discontinue. end.
When time passes by, you say it elapses. Four years elapse while you are in high school. Nine months elapse while you are in the womb. If two weeks have elapsed between your tennis lessons, there has been a two-week lapse between sessions.
Definition of 'elapse' Word Frequency. elapse. (ɪlæps ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense elapses , present participle elapsing , past tense, past participle elapsed. verb. When time elapses, it passes. [formal] Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest. [VERB] Synonyms: pass, go, go by, lapse More Synonyms of elapse.
ELAPSE definition: If time elapses, it passes: . Learn more.
Definition of elapse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define elapse. elapse synonyms, elapse pronunciation, elapse translation, English dictionary definition of elapse. the passage or termination of a period of time: Eight hours have elapsed since we ate.
elapse. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English e‧lapse /ɪˈlæps/ verb [ intransitive] formal if a particular period of time elapses, it passes Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial. The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week.
Elapse definition: (of time) to slip or pass by. See examples of ELAPSE used in a sentence.
