lapse

(Engels)

Noun

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.
4. An interval of time between events.
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. 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.
8. A fall or apostasy.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
2. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
4. (intransitive) To become void.
5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/læps/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

Concepten

terugvallen

afvallen

vergissing

verloop

verlopen

interval

loop

neervallen

vallen

verschieten

voorbijgaan

tijdsverloop

ontbener

jong konijn

afdwaling

misslag

blunder

flater

fout

hangen

Synoniemen

mistake

pass

error

fault

slip

fall

gaffe

blunder

sink

expiration

expire

relapse

failure

backsliding

slip away

go by

oversight

break

elapse

flaw

gap

interval

lapsing

slip by

glide by

slide by

abatement

passing away

reverting

retrogress

reversion

termination

end

🔚

backslide

recidivate

regress

annihilation

pass away

passing

go along

goof

fall back

bungle

prescribe

relapsing

decrease

crash

bloomer

course

collapse

Vertalingen

lapso

lapso

lapsus

faute

errore

erreur

pasar

retomber

σφάλλω

passer

gaffe

verfließen

πταίσμα

ολίσθημα

lapsus