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Word: Lapse
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin lapsus, from labi ‘to glide, slip, or fall’; the verb reinforced by Latin lapsare ‘to slip or stumble’
laps
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
Short Definition:failure of concentration, judgement, etc.
Examples:- a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match
an interval or passage of time
Short Definition:interval or passage of time
Examples:- there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events
Word: Lapse
Speech Type: Verb
laps
(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire
Short Definition:(of right, privilege, etc.) expire
Examples:- he let his membership of CND lapse
pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
Short Definition:pass into inferior state
Examples:- the country has lapsed into chaos
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