[
US
/ɪˈɫæpst/
]
[ UK /ɪlˈæpsd/ ]
[ UK /ɪlˈæpsd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of time) having passed or slipped by
elapsed time
How To Use elapsed In A Sentence
- Features include a flow fault indicator, an elapsed time indicator, automatic shutdown and a battery low indicator.
- Enough time had now elapsed since our last newly afflicted patient to conclude that the epidemic was over. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
- Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial.
- The longer the time elapsed, the less likely that the informant has retained freshness of recollection or can offer new information.
- Looking at the time elapsed, it is at least 30 hours. Times, Sunday Times
- Two of the 11 patients relapsed on valproic acid.
- Had such been the case a century might have elapsed before the reproach of convictism had been removed from this hemisphere. A Source Book of Australian History
- The dog can be given more time if preferred, but under no circumstances should anything else be attempted before those five minutes have elapsed. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
- The usual few months elapsed before he received the standard rejection letter. Times, Sunday Times
- In the nortriptyline-lithium group, only one patient relapsed after five weeks of medication.