What does gap mean?
Definitions for gap
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Princeton's WordNet
gap, spreadnoun
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
"gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
opening, gapnoun
an open or empty space in or between things
"there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
gap, cracknoun
a narrow opening
"he opened the window a crack"
col, gapnoun
a pass between mountain peaks
gapnoun
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
break, interruption, disruption, gapverb
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
"it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
gap, breachverb
make an opening or gap in
Wiktionary
gapnoun
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
gapnoun
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap.
gapnoun
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
gapnoun
A vacant space or time.
I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
gapnoun
A hiatus.
I'm taking a gap.
gapnoun
A mountain or hill pass.
The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
gapnoun
A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
gapnoun
The regions between the outfielders.
Jones doubled through the gap.
gapnoun
The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
gapverb
To notch, as a sword or knife.
gapverb
To make an opening in; to breach.
gapverb
To check the size of a gap.
I gapped all the sparkplugs in my car then realized I used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gapnoun
Etymology: from gape.
Behold the despair,
By custom and covetous pates,
By gaps and opening of gates. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.With terrours and with furies to the bounds
And crystal wall of heav’n; which, opening wide,
Roll’d inward, and a spacious gap disclos’d
Into the wasteful deep. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.Bushes are most lasting of any for dead hedges, or to mend gaps. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
I sought for a man, says God, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me, for the land that I should not destroy it. John Rogers, Sermon 18.
The loss of that strong city concerned the Christian commonweal: manifold and lamentable miseries afterwards ensued by the opening of that gap, not unto the kingdom of Hungary only, but to all that side of Christendom. Richard Knolles.
He’s made master
O’ th’ rolls and the king’s secretary: further
Stands in the gap, and treads for more preferment. William Shakespeare.So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear
Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear,
And hears him rustling in the wood. Dryden.The former kings of England passed into them a great part of their prerogatives; which though then it was well intended, and perhaps well deserved, yet now such a gap of mischief lies open thereby, that I could wish it were well stopt. Edmund Spenser.
If you violently proceed against him, mistaking his purpose, it would make a great gap in your honour. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
Nor is it any botch or gap at all in the works of nature. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.
Each one demand, and answer to his part
Perform’d in this wide gap of time, since first
We were dissever’d. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.That I might sleep out this great gap of time my Antony is away. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.
To make ’twixt words and lines huge gaps,
Wide as meridians in maps. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. 3.One can revive a languishing conversation by a sudden surprising sentence; another is more dexterous in seconding; a third can fill the gap with laughing. Jonathan Swift, Genteel Conversat.
The hiatus, or gap between two words, is caused by two vowels opening on each other. Alexander Pope.
His policy consists in setting traps,
In finding ways and means, and stopping gaps. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
gap
A gap generally refers to an empty space or interval, a break in continuity, a missing part, or a discrepancy. It can be used in various contexts such as science, technology, business, education, and social issues. It typically implies a difference or disparity between two things, a lack or void that needs to be filled, or a distance that needs to be bridged.
Webster Dictionary
Gapnoun
an opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass
Gapverb
to notch, as a sword or knife
Gapverb
to make an opening in; to breach
Etymology: [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.]
Wikidata
Gap
Gap is a census-designated place and town in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a zip code of 17527. The population was 1,931 at the 2010 census. It is the terminus for four Pennsylvania highways: 772, 741, 897, and the heavily-used 41, which goes toward Wilmington, DE.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gap
gap, n. an opening made by rupture or parting: a cleft: a passage: a deep ravine in a mountain-ridge: any breach of continuity.—v.t. to notch: to make a gap in.—adjs. Gap′py, full of gaps; Gap-toothed, lacking some of the teeth.—Stand in the gap, to stand forward in active defence of something; Stop a gap, to repair a defect, close a breach. [M. E. gappe—Ice. gap, an opening.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
gap
An area within a minefield or obstacle belt, free of live mines or obstacles, whose width and direction will allow a friendly force to pass through in tactical formation. See also phoney minefield.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
gap
A chasm in the land, which, when near, is useful as a landmark.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
gap
An opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach. To stand in the gap, to expose one’s self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger. To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
gap
A small town of France, capital of the department Hautes Alps. It was sacked and almost wholly reduced to ashes by Victor Amadeus of Savoy in 1692.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'gap' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3004
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'gap' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2651
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'gap' in Nouns Frequency: #1017
Anagrams for gap »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gap in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of gap in a Sentence
The futures market will provide opportunities to hedge or leverage on the underlying market. We saw a gap in the market and think there is good demand.
We believe that we have the momentum. We believe that the polling is showing that we're closing the gap.
This is an opportunity for us to defend our faith as a school, and I think more and more as followers of Christ, we’ve got to stand in the gap and defend biblical principles.
If this implant turns out to work as well as we think it will, it fills a gap in our treatment spectrum for patients who have injuries to their knee.
Discuss the reasons you were searching for the right job versus discussing the inability to find a job, that makes you look more confident in the reason for the longer unemployed gap.
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- فراغArabic
- otvorCzech
- Spalt, Spalte, Ritz, RitzeGerman
- κενόGreek
- brechaSpanish
- lõhe, praguEstonian
- sola, aukkopaikka, merkki, tarkistaa, aukko, tehdäFinnish
- trouée, trouer, solution de continuité, entailler, écart, brèche, colFrench
- hézagHungarian
- fessura, passaggio, buco, interruzione, spazio vuoto, breccia, aperturaItalian
- 間隙Japanese
- mokorawhāMāori
- lomme, åpning, luke, gap, tomrom, mellomrom, spalteNorwegian
- szpara, dziura, przerwa, szczelina, okienkoPolish
- brecha, fendaPortuguese
- проло́м, уще́лье, прохо́д, дыра́, люфт, интерва́л, окно́, щель, промежу́ток, брешь, переры́в, зазо́р, разры́вRussian
- mwanyaSwahili
- khoảng cachVietnamese
- isikhalaZulu
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