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(ɪlæps)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense elapses, present participle elapsing, past tense, past participle elapsed
verb
When time elapses, it passes.
[formal]
Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest. [VERB]
Synonyms: pass, go, go by, lapse More Synonyms of elapse

elapse in British English

(ɪˈlæps)
verb
(intransitive)
(of time) to pass by
Word origin
C17: from Latin ēlābī to slip away, from lābī to slip, glide

elapse in American English

(iˈlæps; ɪˈlæps)
verb intransitiveWord forms: eˈlapsed or eˈlapsing
to slip by; pass
said of time
Word origin
< L elapsus, pp. of elabi, to glide away < e-, out + labi, to glide, fall: see labor

Examples of 'elapse' in a sentence
elapse

For me, there was no time elapsed between these paintings.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Five and a half years have elapsed since the seminar.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
The usual few months elapsed before he received the standard rejection letter.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Enough time had now elapsed since our last newly afflicted patient to conclude that the epidemic was over.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
The case was thrown out on the ground that too much time had elapsed between the recordings and the claim.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He argues that enough time has elapsed since the last wave of big deals to ease investor concerns that they destroy value.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Just six minutes of the second period had elapsed before Wednesday added a third.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Nearly two hundred years had elapsed since the death of the orphan of the Temple.
Deborah Cadbury THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII (2002)
Once the five minutes have elapsed, the job of engaging with the dog can begin.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
Yet more than 350 years have elapsed since any of our monarchs died of unnatural causes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But before that second had elapsed, he was laughing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our allotted hour has long since elapsed, but she is in no hurry to go.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
More than 10 years have now elapsed since the original scheme was first projected.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It would be a shock to anybody to find the police at your doorstep after such a great period of time had elapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were told that if they did, they could have two marshmallows after the time had elapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They are offering you odds for the first team to concede a goal - by time elapsed in the match.
The Sun (2009)
Just eight minutes had elapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The dog can be given more time if preferred, but under no circumstances should anything else be attempted before those five minutes have elapsed.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
Until 1900 years have elapsed the 19th century of years cannot end.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Just 27 seconds had elapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Barely 15 minutes had elapsed.
The Sun (2014)
Looking at the time elapsed, it is at least 30 hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Barely a minute had elapsed when instead of the wanted man, the two batsmen walked into the dressing-room.
Tibballs, Geoff Great Sporting Failures (1993)
Ten months have elapsed since his departure from Russia, which he blamed on a campaign of intimidation and a string of legal and visa problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It could find no record of your complaint to staff in the Oxford Street store because of the time that has elapsed since you went shopping.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A very few minutes elapsed before I was in his presence.
Christopher Hibbert DISRAELI: A Personal History (2004)

In other languages
elapse

British English: elapse VERB
When time elapses, it passes.
Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest.
  • American English: elapse
  • Brazilian Portuguese: transcorrer
  • Chinese: > 流逝时间
  • European Spanish: transcurrir
  • French: s'écouler
  • German: verstreichen
  • Italian: trascorrere
  • Japanese: 経過する
  • Korean: 경과하다
  • European Portuguese: transcorrer
  • Latin American Spanish: transcurrir

(verb) 
Definition
(of time) to pass by
Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest.
Synonyms
pass
As the years passed, they grew discontented.
go
The week has gone so quickly!
go by
My grandmother was becoming more and more frail as time went by.
lapse
pass by
He gave me a nod as he passed by.
I passed by your house last night.
slip away
roll on
slip by
roll by
glide by

Additional synonyms

in the sense of go
The week has gone so quickly!
Synonyms
elapse,
pass,
flow,
fly by,
expire,
lapse,
slip away
in the sense of go by
Definition
to pass
My grandmother was becoming more and more frail as time went by.
Synonyms
pass,
proceed,
elapse,
flow on,
move onward
in the sense of pass by
He gave me a nod as he passed by.I passed by your house last night.
Synonyms
go past,
pass,
move past,
walk by or past

Synonyms of 'elapse'

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