Word: lapse Word origin: late Middle English: from Latin lapsus, from labi ‘to glide, slip, or fall’; the verb reinforced by Latin lapsare ‘to slip or stumble’. Phonetic: laps Listen:
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement. Example: a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match
an interval or passage of time. Example: there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events
(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire. Example: he let his membership of CND lapse
pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition). Example: the country has lapsed into chaos
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