a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
an empty space or interval; interruption in continuity; hiatus: a momentary gap in a siren's wailing; a gap in his memory.
a wide divergence or difference; disparity: the gap between expenses and income; the gap between ideals and actions.
a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem: the technology gap; a communications gap.
a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.a mountain pass: the Cumberland Gap.
Aeronautics. the distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it.
verb (used with object),gapped,gap·ping.
to make a gap, opening, or breach in.
verb (used without object),gapped,gap·ping.
to come open or apart; form or show a gap.
Origin of gap
1350–1400; Middle English <Old Norse gap chasm
SYNONYMS FOR gap
2 pause, interstice, break, interlude, lull.
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OTHER WORDS FROM gap
gapless,adjective
Words nearby gap
Gao, gaol, Gaon, Gao Xingjian, Gaoxiong, gap, gap 1, gap 2, gape, gaper, gapes
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In what he saw as divine intervention, a gap opened in the crowd and the car gunned through it.
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Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech.
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The micaceous soapstone rocks on both sides of the trail are covered with petroglyphs, from which the gap takes its name.
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We went on—the Blight thrilled, for she had heard much of our volunteer force at the Gap and had seen something already.
A Knight of the Cumberland|John Fox Jr.
Just look out, Mrs. Fabian, and see if you can see a gap across the road.
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The animal headed through a gap in an old fence and started across an adjoining pasture which contained a shallow muddy pond.
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The following night he was in the Gap earlier, and with renewed determination.
Nan of Music Mountain|Frank H. Spearman
British Dictionary definitions for gap
gap
/ (ɡæp) /
noun
a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc
a break in continuity; interruption; hiatusthere is a serious gap in the accounts
a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through
mainlyUSa gorge or ravine
a divergence or difference; disparitythere is a gap between his version of the event and hers; the generation gap
electronics
a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit
See spark gap
bridge a gap, close a gap, fill a gaporstop a gapto remedy a deficiency
verbgaps, gappingorgapped
(tr)to make a breach or opening in
Derived forms of gap
gapless, adjectivegappy, adjective
Word Origin for gap
C14: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to gape, Swedish gap, Danish gab open mouth, opening
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