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Definisjon av lapse

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
lapse - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
intermission, pause, interruption, suspension, break the act of suspending activity temporarily
lapse - a failure to maintain a higher state
backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
lapse - a mistake resulting from inattention
oversight

Verb
lapse - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
backslide
drop away, fall away, drop off, slip fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"
lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
cease, end, terminate, finish, stop bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forego, forgo, give up lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
lapse - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return undergo reversion, as in a mutation
lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on, advance develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
fell, vanish, fly cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
lapse - pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
sink, pass
move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
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Substantiv
lapse - A temporary failure; a slip.
lapse - A decline or fall in standards.
lapse - A pause in continuity.
lapse - An interval of time between events.
lapse - A termination of a right etc, through disuse or neglect.
lapse - weather A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air. This condition usually occurs when skies are clear and between 1100 and 1600 hours, local time. Strong convection currents exist during lapse conditions. For chemical operations, the state is defined as unstable. This condition is normally considered the most unfavorable for the release of chemical agents. See lapse rate.
lapse - A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

Verb
lapse - To fall away gradually; to subside.
lapse - To fall into error or heresy.
lapse - To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
lapse - To become void.

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  • lapse
    A temporary failure.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) lapse
  • Presens: lapse / lapses
  • Preteritum: lapsed
  • Perfektum: (have) lapsed

Substantiv

  • Entall: lapse
  • Flertall: lapses

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