Elapse
11elapse — See elapse, lapse …
12elapse — verb Elapse is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑decade, ↑fortnight, ↑minute, ↑month, ↑period, ↑time, ↑week, ↑year …
13elapse — verb (intransitive not in progressive) formal if a particular period of time elapses, it passes: Several months were to elapse before his case was brought to trial …
14elapse, lapse — Elapse, once used as a noun and a synonym for lapse, is now in standard usage as a verb only: Ten minutes have elapsed since the fire alarm sounded. Lapse is properly used both as a noun meaning an interval of time, a slip or failure, and a… …
15elapse — /i laps /, v., elapsed, elapsing, n. v.i. 1. (of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began. n. 2. the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse. [1635 45; < L elapsus (ptp. of elabi to slip away), equiv …
16elapse — Synonyms and related words: advance, be all over, be gone, be past, continue, die, disappear, endure, expire, flit, flow, flow on, fly, glide, go, go by, go on, have run out, lapse, last, pass, pass away, pass by, press on, proceed, roll on, run …
17elapse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. slip away, pass, expire, intervene, glide by. See time, course. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pass away, slip by, transpire, lapse; see pass 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. go by, pass, transpire,… …
18elapse — e|lapse [ıˈlæps] v [I not in progressive] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: elapsus, past participle of elabi to slip away ] formal if a particular period of time elapses, it passes ▪ Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial.… …
19elapse — e|lapse [ ı læps ] verb intransitive FORMAL if time elapses, it passes: Another hour elapsed and still the wind continued to howl …
20elapse — [[t]ɪlæ̱ps[/t]] elapses, elapsing, elapsed VERB When time elapses, it passes. [FORMAL] Forty eight hours have elapsed since his arrest …
