English > elapse: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | pass by. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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| Example | "three years elapsed" |
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| Synonyms | lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along |
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| Narrower | fly, fell, vanish | pass away rapidly |
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| Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
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| Spanish | deslizarse, esfumarse, pasar, seguir, transcurrir, trascurrir |
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| Catalan | acabar, passar, transcórrer |
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| Participle | elapsed | (of time) having passed or slipped by |
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