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a memory lapse

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  • lapse — lapse1 [ læps ] noun count 1. ) a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do things in the right way: The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the lapse. lapse of: She was angered by her momentary lapse of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lapse — I UK [læps] / US noun [countable] Word forms lapse : singular lapse plural lapses 1) a) a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do something in the right way The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the… …   English dictionary

  • lapse — 1 noun (C) 1 a short time when someone is careless or forgetful (+ in): There haven t been any lapses in security recently. (+ of): A single lapse of concentration cost Becker the game. | a memory lapse (=when you cannot remember something for a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lapse — n 1 slip, *error, mistake, blunder, faux pas, bull, howler, boner Analogous words: *offense, sin, vice, crime: *fault, failing, frailty, foible: transgression, *breach, violation, trespass 2 relapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lapse — ► NOUN 1) a brief failure of concentration, memory, or judgement. 2) a decline from previously high standards. 3) an interval of time. 4) Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures. ►… …   English terms dictionary

  • lapse — [laps] n. [L lapsus, a fall: see LAP1] 1. a slip of the tongue, pen, or memory; small error; fault 2. a) a falling away from a moral standard; moral slip b) a falling or slipping into a lower or worse condition, esp. for a short time 3 …   English World dictionary

  • lapse — I n. 1) a momentary, temporary lapse (of memory) 2) a linguistic lapse 3) a lapse in (a lapse in judgment) II v. (d; intr.) to lapse into (to lapse into a coma) * * * [læps] temporary lapse (of memory) a linguistic lapse a momentary a lapse in …   Combinatory dictionary

  • memory — n. power of recalling 1) to jog smb. s memory 2) to commit smt. to memory 3) to slip smb. s memory (the date has slipped my memory) 4) to lose one s memory 5) an infallible; photographic; powerful; retentive; short memory 6) (med.) long term;… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • lapse — lapse1 [læps] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: lapsus, from labi to slip ] 1.) a short period of time during which you fail to do something well or properly, often caused by not being careful momentary/temporary/occasional etc lapse ▪ Despite …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lapse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small error; bad manners ADJECTIVE ▪ minor ▪ major, serious ▪ a serious lapse in judgment ▪ unfortunate ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • lapse — lapser, n. /laps/, n., v., lapsed, lapsing. n. 1. an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice. 2. a slip or error,… …   Universalium

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