lapse
Significat (English)
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- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- An interval of time between events.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A fall or apostasy.
Synonyms
glide by
slide by
hang down
sign away
roll by
lack of
slope down
slide into
passingaway
inntermediateness
write too much
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/læps/
Etimologia (English)
From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.
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