Explore Lapse through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like relapse or pass. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lapse meaning
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
Synonyms of Lapse
Using Lapse
- The main meaning on this page is: A temporary failure; a slip. | A decline or fall in standards. | A pause in continuity.
- Useful related words include: relapse, pass, regress, lapsing.
- In the example corpus, lapse often appears in combinations such as: lapse in, lapse of, the lapse.
Context around Lapse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lapse
- In this selection, "lapse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adiabatic, adibatic, environmental, rate, videos and video stand out and add context to how "lapse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge lapse in pass and a momentary lapse of concentration. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lapse" sits close to words such as airplanes, brigadier and calorie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lapse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His term is expected to lapse next year. (8 words)
Comelec orders probe of Masbate poll officer over lapse during. (10 words)
All the ADCs’ and state government’s Bills will lapse in Raj Bhavan. (13 words)
In this time-lapse video, the Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon atop rolls to launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for the first time on January 3. The rocket was then lifted vertical for a series of fit checks and tests. (45 words)
The dry adiabatic lapse rate accounts for the effect of the expansion of dry air as it rises in the atmosphere and wet adibatic lapse rates includes the effect of the condensation of water vapor on the lapse rate. (39 words)
It's a big, sweeping, and even orchestral rock song, and it fits perfectly alongside the film's bittersweet ending, with a final shot showing a time-lapse of the development of the world-famous New York City skyline. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The dry adiabatic lapse rate accounts for the effect of the expansion of dry air as it rises in the atmosphere and wet adibatic lapse rates includes the effect of the condensation of water vapor on the lapse rate.
If you're looking to create beautiful time-lapse videos with your iPhone, then you may be wondering how to change the time-lapse interval.
GoPro introduced a TimeWarp feature as well which is basically a time-lapse mode that will allow users to shoot fast time-lapse videos.
The environmental lapse rate (the actual rate at which temperature drops with height, ) is not usually equal to the adiabatic lapse rate (or correspondingly, ).
All the ADCs’ and state government’s Bills will lapse in Raj Bhavan.
As the safe recovery of the crew is the final step to be accomplished for any successful human spaceflight, it is of paramount importance and it has to be carried out with the minimum lapse of time.
A time-lapse video, shared by the Environment Agency, shows the barriers erected on Severn Side.
But Belibi – who had played a stellar game thus far – threw the ball to a Huskies player in a momentary lapse of concentration, forcing the Cardinal to desperately foul their opponents.
But thanks to a huge lapse in pass coverage, Dino Tomlin was able to bring BC into FSU territory on a huge gain in their next drive, eventually leading to a punch-in by Kye Robichaux.
Comelec orders probe of Masbate poll officer over lapse during.
Harrowingly dull, Daddy’s sermons ambitiously tried to imitate the cadence and pattern of great preachers, but he would lapse into a droning voice halfway through.
His term is expected to lapse next year.
Holt was officially relieved of his duties over an insurance lapse that left the department without coverage from June 1-6.
I apologise unreservedly for what was a very unfortunate lapse in judgment on my part under the intense pressure of a bizarre exchange.
If there were instances where this protocol was not followed by Israeli soldiers, military leadership was taking steps to insure such a lapse would not occur again, Hagari added.
Instead of looking at each lapse or mistake in isolation, if all the mistakes were considered cumulatively, one would easily realise the biased attitude of the police, he said.
In this time-lapse video, the Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon atop rolls to launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for the first time on January 3. The rocket was then lifted vertical for a series of fit checks and tests.
It compensated for the double bogey at the long eighth, the only real lapse of the round, incurred when he found the fairway side ditch.
It's a big, sweeping, and even orchestral rock song, and it fits perfectly alongside the film's bittersweet ending, with a final shot showing a time-lapse of the development of the world-famous New York City skyline.
It's called Lapse, and it's a photo-sharing app that is currently only available through invitation.
Common combinations with lapse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lapse in 50×
- lapse of 21×
- the lapse 18×
- to lapse 18×
- momentary lapse 9×
- security lapse 8×
- time lapse 7×
- will lapse 5×
- lapse into 5×
- defensive lapse 5×