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[ US /ˈɫip/ ]
[ UK /lˈiːp/ ]
NOUN
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  2. a sudden and decisive increase
    a jump in attendance
  3. the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
    a leap of 10 feet
  4. an abrupt transition
    a successful leap from college to the major leagues
VERB
  1. jump down from an elevated point
    every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge
    the widow leapt into the funeral pyre
    the parachutist didn't want to jump
  2. move forward by leaps and bounds
    The horse bounded across the meadow
    The child leapt across the puddle
    Can you jump over the fence?
  3. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
    leap into fame
    jump to a conclusion
    jump from one thing to another
    jump to a conclusion
  4. cause to jump or leap
    the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
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How To Use leap In A Sentence

  • Goal conflicts make this socio-economic leap extremely difficult for any individual to absorb.
  • Fifty years on and technology seems to have leapt on by generations as you see the mushroom shaped cloud of the first nuclear test bomb rising high above the New Mexico desert.
  • Green styles this sequence like the opening credits of a 1970s cop show, freeze-framing on Chris as he leaps over a fence and zooming the titles across the screen.
  • But going back to the days when I was seeing these epics first time round, in the fleapits and bug-hutches of south-east Leeds - most of them converted music halls or disused chapels - we didn't give a hoot what the title of the film was.
  • You've got to take a leap.
  • Symmetrix DMX is rated at 64GBps of peak internal bandwidth, which is a huge leap over the Symmetrix 8000's 1.6GBps.
  • What's amazing about director Leonard Kastle's style is his ability to leap between camp and genuine moments of terror during the murder scenes.
  • You've also threatened, or you've also mentioned that my relationship threatens my country and again I find that such a huge leap of illogic.
  • The band then romp through three road songs that most people would die for to have in their repertoire, each single one would get people leaping about on the dance floor at a college hop.
  • More an Irish sprite than anything, Mairead leapt, twirled, and 'arabesqued' her way across the stage courting us through her violin. Dr. Cara Barker: The Beauty of Giving Your Whole Heart
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