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   elapse

   /ɪˈlaps/

   verb

   • 1. (of time) pass or go by: "weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘slip away’): from Latin elaps- ‘slipped away’, from the verb elabi, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + labi ‘to glide, slip’.

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   What does elapse mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ELAPSE definition: 1. If time elapses, it goes past: 2. If time elapses, it goes past: 3. (of time) to go past: . Learn more.

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   Does time elapse?

   • When we feel poignantly that time has elapsed, as when loved ones die, it constitutes the human perceptions of the passage and existence of time. It's never even threatened to do so, even after years have elapsed. The more time elapsed, the more windows opened on the student's computer.

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   What happens when time elapses?

   • When time elapses, it passes. Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest. [VERB] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers It seems that your browser is blocking this video content. To access it, add this site to the exceptions or modify your security settings, then refresh this page.

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   (of time) to go past: Four years had elapsed since she last saw him. (Definition of elapse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of elapse.

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     (of time) to go past: Four years had elapsed since she last...

   • Znaczenie Elapse, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     elapse definicja: 1. If time elapses, it goes past: 2. If...

   • Elapse: Russian Translation

     ELAPSE translate: проходить (о времени) . Learn more in the...

   • Elapse: French Translation

     elapse translate: (s’)écouler. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Elapse: German Translation

     ELAPSE translate: verstreichen. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Elapse: Polish Translation

     elapse translate: mijać, upłynąć. Learn more in the...

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   Elapse definition: (of time) to slip or pass by. See examples of ELAPSE used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of ELAPSE is pass, go by. How to use elapse in a sentence.

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   elapse in American English. (ɪˈlæps) (verb elapsed, elapsing) intransitive verb. 1. (of time) to slip or pass by. Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began. noun. 2. the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.

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   (of time) to go past: Four years had elapsed since she last saw him. (Definition of elapse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of elapse.

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   ELAPSE definition: If time elapses, it passes: . Learn more.

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    /ɪˈlæps/ IPA guide. Other forms: elapsed; elapses; elapsing. When time passes by, you say it elapses. Four years elapse while you are in high school. Nine months elapse while you are in the womb. If two weeks have elapsed between your tennis lessons, there has been a two-week lapse between sessions.