lapse

[US]/læps/
[UK]/læps/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Mistake or error; the passage of time

vi. To decline or deteriorate

Phrases & Collocations

memory lapse

time lapse

mental lapse

lapse in judgment

lapse of concentration

temporary lapse

lapse of time

lapse of memory

lapse into

lapse from virtue

Example Sentences

a lapse into barbarism.

a lapse in the conversation.

a lapse of the tongue

to lapse into silence

a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.

a momentary lapse of concentration.

a lapse from grace.

to lapse into unconsciousness

there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events.

the girls lapsed into French.

lapse from good virtue into vice

after a lapse of several years

a lapsed Catholic; a lapsed club member.

lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.

a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match.

tracing his lapse into petty crime.

the country has lapsed into chaos.

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