gapping
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noun
1.
2.
an empty space or interval; interruption in continuity; hiatus: a momentary gap in a siren's wailing; a gap in his memory.
3.
a wide divergence or difference; disparity: the gap between expenses and income; the gap between ideals and actions.
4.
a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem: the technology gap; a communications gap.
5.
a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.
verb (used with object)
8.
to make a gap, opening, or breach in.
verb (used without object)
9.
to come open or apart; form or show a gap.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse gap chasm
1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse gap chasm
Related forms
gap·less, adjective
Synonyms
2. pause, interstice, break, interlude, lull.
2. pause, interstice, break, interlude, lull.
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World English Dictionary
gap (ɡæp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc |
| 2. | a break in continuity; interruption; hiatus: there is a serious gap in the accounts |
| 3. | a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through |
| 4. | chiefly (US) a gorge or ravine |
| 5. | a divergence or difference; disparity: there is a gap between his version of the event and hers; the generation gap |
| 6. | electronics |
| a. a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit | |
| b. See spark gap | |
| 7. | bridge a gap, close a gap, fill a gap, stop a gap to remedy a deficiency |
| —vb , gaps, gapping, gapped | |
| 8. | (tr) to make a breach or opening in |
| [C14: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to | |
| 'gapless | |
| —adj | |
| 'gappy | |
| —adj | |
| gapping (ˈɡæpɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in transformational grammar) a rule that deletes repetitions of a verb, as in the sentence Bill voted for Smith, Sam for McKay, and Dave for Harris |
| 2. | the act or practice of taking a gap year |
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Word Origin & History
gap
1261, from O.N. gap "chasm," related to gapa "to gape." Originally "hole in a wall;" broader sense is 16c. In U.S., common in place names in ref. to a break or pass in a long mountain chain (especially one that water flows through).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
gap (gāp)
n.
An opening in a structure or surface; a cleft or breach.
An interval or discontinuity in any series or sequence.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| GAP Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry |
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Gap definition
a rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
Attempts at renovation gapping, walking rows, or spiking only open the stand to weed infestation.
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