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UK
/ɡˈæp/
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[ US /ˈɡæp/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæp/ ]
NOUN
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a narrow opening
he opened the window a crack - a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
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an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
there was a gap in his account
it was presented without commercial breaks -
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 - a pass between mountain peaks
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a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
gap between income and outgo
the spread between lending and borrowing costs
VERB
- make an opening or gap in
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
- In an attempt to break the strike, management used megaphones to instruct the afternoon shift, who were gathered in a car park, to return to work or face immediate dismissal.
- We've gotten better with our techniques and applying them predeparture, ensuring we're looking at as broad a section of potential risk as possible, said Kevin McAleenan, deputy assistant commissioner of field operations at Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.CBP said the gap in U.S. security practices wasn't obvious until after the attempted Christmas attack. U.S. blocks 350 with suspected ties to terrorists
- Clay, read how ishawooadescribed that round and think, high pressuer, could it have been an overcharge ... undercharge ... could the rifling been shot out at the chamber mouth .. all these can cause the indicators he listed, bullet set out alittle could not cause this "unless" there was an excessive gap at the chamber mouth. An Unequal Progress in Accuracy
- Get the ready-mixed grout on a squeegee, smear it into all the gaps, then smooth away any excess (see below). Times, Sunday Times
- 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.
