Get to know Gap better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like opening or break.
Gap in a sentence
Related words
Gap meaning
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
Synonyms of Gap
Using Gap
- The main meaning on this page is: An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. | An opening allowing passage or entrance. | An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- Useful related words include: opening, break, conflict, difference of opinion.
- In the example corpus, gap often appears in combinations such as: the gap, gap in, gap between.
Context around Gap
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gap
- In this selection, "gap" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pay, age, racial, inc, anywhere and implementation stand out and add context to how "gap" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 6m gap the year, 5 3m gap up from and gender gap. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gap" sits close to words such as ben, celebration and pitch, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gap
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No. We have an opportunity gap, not an achievement gap. (10 words)
Companies including have reported a narrowing gender pay gap, and has no gap at all. (15 words)
While the gender pay gap is closing in the public service, the gap between APS and SES pay has grown. (20 words)
The facts remain: MRC is run by John Fisher, who is the son of Gap Inc. founder Don Fisher who is Chairman of the Board for Gap Inc. John Fisher is also the brother of Bob Fisher, the Gap’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. (47 words)
He said: “What we find when we break down the numbers is that our gap between learners who are disadvantaged in terms of their family income against non-disadvantaged – we have not closed that gap anywhere near enough and in some cases it has grown. (45 words)
Age NI identified a gap in mental health provision for men age 50+ as the charity’s Director of Marketing & Business Development, Siobhan Casey, explained: “We recognised a gap in the provision of dedicated health and mental health support for older men. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
It makes sense for developing countries to try to close the gap in knowledge that separates them from developed countries—this gap is even more important than the gap in resources.
The facts remain: MRC is run by John Fisher, who is the son of Gap Inc. founder Don Fisher who is Chairman of the Board for Gap Inc. John Fisher is also the brother of Bob Fisher, the Gap’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Companies including have reported a narrowing gender pay gap, and has no gap at all.
Debbie and Oussama have a 43-year age gap, as Debbie is 67 years old while Oussama is only 24. This is the largest age gap in history, as Debbie is old enough to be Oussama's grandmother.
Former Superintendent Edwin Quezada said addressing the racial gap in graduation rates was useful toward understanding the overall gender gap, which was 7 percentage points in 2022.
He said: “What we find when we break down the numbers is that our gap between learners who are disadvantaged in terms of their family income against non-disadvantaged – we have not closed that gap anywhere near enough and in some cases it has grown.
Highland Council leader, Raymond Bremner, said: “Highland Council anticipates a budget gap of £62m in 2024-25, however significant work is currently underway to find savings to close that gap.
In 2023, the Closing the Gap Implementation Plan outlined the Commonwealth’s strategic priorities and efforts to close the gap over the next 12 to 18 months.
Next year, the council is now facing a £5.3m gap – up from the £5.1m projected in its summer budget reports – rising to a £10.6m gap the year after.
So instead of filling one gap, you’re now trying to fill in the first man and the second man’s gap.
The move to the cloud and thus browser-based apps has narrowed the app gap with Windows, but a gap still remains.
The property management agency Art City Center has since filed against The GAP and in turn The GAP is seeking to fit the bill for the damages.
Zonia went on to discuss the feasibility gap, which is the gap between having a profitable development and the maximum supportable rent based on the average mean income in an area.
Age NI identified a gap in mental health provision for men age 50+ as the charity’s Director of Marketing & Business Development, Siobhan Casey, explained: “We recognised a gap in the provision of dedicated health and mental health support for older men.
No. We have an opportunity gap, not an achievement gap.
The data also marked a threshold poverty gap of P10,000, the third quarter that this gap was recorded by SWS.
The office of traffic safety revealed a gap in partnerships with other law enforcement agencies, and closing that gap and creating new partnerships has been an early success for the department, according to Naft.
While the gender pay gap is closing in the public service, the gap between APS and SES pay has grown.
Ali Partovi, Neo’s chief executive officer, said the firm surveyed 120 students who are part of its mentorship programs and found that 46% of them are interested in taking a gap semester and 21% are interested in taking a gap year.
Apart from the funding gap to women and girls’ organizations, especially feminist movements and those outside of the health sector, there is also an equity gap— women and girls of color are supported even less.
Phrases with gap
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with gap
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gap 70×
- gap in 30×
- gap between 24×
- that gap 14×
- gap is 13×
- gap and 12×
- gap to 11×
- gender gap 10×
- gap of 9×
- this gap 8×