| NOUN | act | lapse, oversight | a mistake resulting from inattention |
|---|---|---|---|
| time | lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something | |
| act | lapse, backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting | a failure to maintain a higher state | |
| VERB | motion | lapse, sink, pass | pass into a specified state or condition |
| change | lapse | end, at least for a long time | |
| change | lapse, backslide | drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | |
| body | lapse, relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back | go back to bad behavior | |
| possession | lapse | let slip | |
| motion | lapse, elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along | pass by |
| Sounds | lae'ps | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | collapse ... taps: 11 rhymes with aeps... | |
| Meaning | A mistake resulting from inattention. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | oversight | |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | error, lapsus, olvido | |
| Catalan | badada, error, lapsus | |
| Meaning | A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a lapse of three weeks between letters" | |
| Broader | pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension | A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something |
| Spanish | lapso | |
| Verbs | lapse | end, at least for a long time |
| lapse | pass by | |
| lapse | let slip | |
| Meaning | A failure to maintain a higher state. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting | |
| Narrower | recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
| Broader | failure | An act that fails |
| Spanish | bajón, caída, recaída, recidiva, reincidencia, reventón | |
| Catalan | caiguda, fallida, recaiguda, recidiva, reincidència | |
| Verbs | lapse | go back to bad behavior |
| lapse | drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | |
| Meaning | Pass into a specified state or condition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | sink, pass | |
| Broader | move | Go or proceed from one point to another |
| Spanish | caer en, pasar | |
| Catalan | caure en, passar | |
| Meaning | end, at least for a long time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The correspondence lapsed" | |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Spanish | acabar, caducar, extinguirse, pasarse | |
| Catalan | caducar, passar-se | |
| Nouns | lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something |
| Meaning | Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | backslide | |
| Broader | slip, drop off, drop away, fall away | get worse |
| Catalan | recaure, reincidir | |
| Nouns | lapse | a failure to maintain a higher state |
| Meaning | Go back to bad behavior. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back | |
| Broader | revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back | Go back to a previous state |
| Spanish | reincidir | |
| Catalan | reincidir | |
| Nouns | lapse | a failure to maintain a higher state |
| Meaning | Let slip. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He lapsed his membership" | |
| Broader | forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime |
| Spanish | caducar | |
| Catalan | caducar, deixar d'existir | |
| Nouns | lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something |
| Meaning | pass by. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "three years elapsed" | |
| Synonyms | elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along | |
| Narrower | fly, fell, vanish | pass away rapidly |
| Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| Spanish | deslizarse, esfumarse, pasar, seguir, transcurrir, trascurrir | |
| Catalan | acabar, passar, transcórrer | |
| Nouns | lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something |
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