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How to pronounce lapses
IPA transcription: ['læpsɪz]
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Noun
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a mistake resulting from inattention
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a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
“a lapse of three weeks between letters”
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a failure to maintain a higher state
Verb
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pass by
“three years elapsed”
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pass into a specified state or condition
“He sank into nirvana”
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end, at least for a long time
“The correspondence lapsed”
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drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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go back to bad behavior
“Those who recidivate are often minor criminals”
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let slip
“He lapsed his membership”
Usage examples
- The wicker man collapses in flames, revealing the setting sun.
- Many of the buildings have suffered serious damages, including fires, collapses, and culls.
- This becomes obvious when internal pressure is lost and the structure collapses.
- Margarete collapses, and Eike returns to the present, where he gives the Digipad back.
- Based upon Normand's subsequent statements to investigators, her repeated relapses were devastating for Taylor.
- He collapses and dies on the midway.
- Bec completes the spell, and the tunnel collapses.
- She arrives as the Thetan enters and collapses to the floor.
- Assuming for example, that "B" is simply connected, this collapses to the usual cohomology.
- Relapses may occur long after the bite.