[ UK /ɡˈæp/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæp/ ]
NOUN
  1. a narrow opening
    he opened the window a crack
  2. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
  3. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
    there was a gap in his account
    it was presented without commercial breaks
  4. an open or empty space in or between things
    the explosion made a gap in the wall
    there was a small opening between the trees
  5. a pass between mountain peaks
  6. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
    gap between income and outgo
    the spread between lending and borrowing costs
VERB
  1. make an opening or gap in
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How To Use gap In A Sentence

  • Once tawhid is accepted as the first axiom of thought, the goal of life becomes bridging the gap between the asserter and the asserted. William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love
  • The watch on deck soon came to the conclusion that "sailoring" was not particularly funny at night, for there was a good deal of gaping, and not a little impatience for the eight bells that would relieve them for Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
  • They sneak forward to climb up the small gap between the lorry 's cab and trailer. The Sun
  • But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
  • They describe some gaps in the literature and provide some suggestions for future research.
  • The geography was utterly alien to Patrick, although his unfamiliarity with the picture could have been attributed to the gaps.
  • An attempt will be made to identify best practice, to help bridge the gap between theoretical prescriptions and practical modelling procedures.
  • Singapore has many native species of palm.
  • There is a gap of several tens of millions of years between the Middle Permian when the last Metoptomatids lived, and the Middle Triassic when the true limpets appear.
  • In the meantime, though, he hopes to see more work to bridge this scientific gap. Smithsonian Mag
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