gap

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
2. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
3. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
4. A vacant space or time.
5. A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
6. A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
7. A mountain or hill pass.
8. A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
9. The regions between the outfielders.
10. (Australia) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
11. (Australia, literary, usually) The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
12. An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
13. (euphemistic, slang) The vagina.

Verb

1. (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
2. (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
3. (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
4. (especially, intransitive, slang, transitive) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
5. (New-Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
6. (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.

Verb

To stare or gape.

Concepten

opening

gaping

bres

gat

gebrek

gemis

tekort

tekortkoming

kloof

euvel

manco

mankement

afwezigheid

hiaat

lacune

leemte

🕳️

poort

barst

reet

mond

afgrond

hol

🕳️

interval

kier

kolk

kuil

ad interim

ontbering

scheur

spatie

spleet

tussenpoos

tussenruimte

tussentijd

uitholling

schending

caviteit

breking

Synoniemen

space

interval

opening

hole

🕳️

breach

crack

break

fissure

distance

crevice

chasm

chink

rift

blank

gorge

slot

cleft

aperture

ravine

interstice

notch

difference

defect

deficiency

flaw

lacuna

shortcoming

hiatus

gulf

shortage

spacing

lack

absence

interruption

abyss

orifice

disparity

spread

want

clearance

air gap

cavity

deficit

rent

fracture

precipice

rupture

mouth

interspace

col

Vertalingen

Lücke

Spalt

brèche

Kluft

fossé

fenda

brecha

brecha

trou

🕳️

espace

κενό

Spalte

Riss

άνοιγμα

Bresche

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡæp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gap

Verwant aan Deens: gab

Verwant aan Oudengels: ġeap

In summary

From Middle English gap, gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”); compare English gape.