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lapse

English

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin l?psus, from l?b? (to slip). Doublet of lapsus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /læps/
  • Rhymes: -æps

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

  1. A temporary failure; a slip.
    Synonyms: blooper, gaffe, thinko; see also Thesaurus:error
  2. A decline or fall in standards.
  3. A pause in continuity.
    Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:pause
  4. An interval of time between events.
    Synonyms: between-time, gap; see also Thesaurus:interim
  5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
  6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
  7. (law) 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. (theology) A fall or apostasy.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lapsarian

Translations

Verb

lapse (third-person singular simple present lapses, present participle lapsing, simple past and past participle lapsed)

  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.

Anagrams

  • ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale

Danish

Noun

lapse c

  1. indefinite plural of laps

Estonian

Noun

lapse

  1. genitive singular of laps

Latin

Participle

l?pse

  1. vocative masculine singular of l?psus

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interruption

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nt????p??n/
  • Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

interruption (countable and uncountable, plural interruptions)

  1. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
  2. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

Synonyms

  • (time interval): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Translations

See also

  • dead air

French

Etymology

From Old French interrupcion, borrowed from Latin interruptio, interruptionem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.t?.?yp.sj??/

Noun

interruption f (plural interruptions)

  1. interruption

Related terms

  • interrompre

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