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gap
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- pronunciation:
- gaep
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a space or opening made by or as if by breaking or separating.
We watched the game through a gap in the fence.The settlers passed through the mountain gap.- synonyms:
- aperture, breach, chasm, crack, opening, space, void
- similar words:
- blank, fissure, gape, interval, notch, rent, rift, separation
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| definition 2: |
a space in something that is otherwise continuous or homogeneous.
The police spotted a gap in her alibi.- synonyms:
- lacuna, void
- similar words:
- blank, hiatus, hole, interval, lack, lactation, opening
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| definition 3: |
a large difference or disparity.
The gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen.She felt that a gap had developed between herself and her friend over the summer.- synonyms:
- difference, disparity
- similar words:
- chasm, divergence, gulf, inequality
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| related words: |
aperture, break, canyon, catch, cleft, flaw, gorge, hollow, pass, pause, tear, vacancy, way |
adjective + (n.)gap
audio, closing, counter, cultural, enormous, existing, glaring, growing, huge, narrow, narrowing, noticeable, perceived, persistent, racial, resulting, wide, widening, yawning
verb + (n.)gap
address, bridge, close, exacerbate, fill, narrow, plug, roar, seal, span, widen
(n.)gap
+ verb
exist, persist, separate, shrink, stem
noun + (n.)gap
achievement,
bridge,
budget,
closing,
closure,
communication,
credibility,
disparity,
filling,
funding,
gender,
generation,
income,
mathematics,
mile,
narrowing,
pay,
perception,
relocation,
retailer,
stature,
wage,
wealth,
widening
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
gaps, gapping, gapped |
| definition: |
to cause a gap to appear in.
- similar words:
- open, rend, rift, rive
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to move apart or open; form or reveal a gap.
- similar words:
- gape, yawn
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| related words: |
arc, crack |
| derivation: |
gapless (adj.) |
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