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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gap•ping (gap′ing),USA pronunciation n. [Ling.]- Linguisticsa rule of transformational grammar by which repeated instances of a verb are deleted from conjoined sentences, as in the deletion of brought from Mary brought the bread, John the cheese, and Bill the wine.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gap /gæp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a break or opening:The animals escaped through a gap in the fence.
- an incomplete area:a gap in one's memory.
- a wide or great difference between things:a gap between the rich and the poor.
- a great or wide disparity in attitudes, ways of thinking or seeing, character, or development:a communications gap.
- ravine.
- Dialect Termsa mountain pass:the Cumberland Gap.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gap (gap),USA pronunciation n., v., gapped, gap•ping. n. - 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.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.]a mountain pass:the Cumberland Gap.
- Aeronauticsthe distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it.
v.t. - to make a gap, opening, or breach in.
v.i. - to come open or apart;
form or show a gap.
- Old Norse gap chasm
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pause, interstice, break, interlude, lull.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gap /ɡæp/ n - a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc
- a break in continuity; interruption; hiatus: there is a serious gap in the accounts
- a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through
- chiefly US a gorge or ravine
- a divergence or difference; disparity: there is a gap between his version of the event and hers, the generation gap
- 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 gap, stop a gap ⇒ to remedy a deficiency
vb (gaps, gapping, gapped)- (transitive) to make a breach or opening in
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to gape, Swedish gap, Danish gab open mouth, openingˈgapless adj ˈgappy adj |