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[læps] 1. verb1) (to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort: His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed.) zapasti2) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) pasti2. noun1) (a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc): a lapse of memory.) spodrsljaj2) (a passing away (of time): I saw him again after a lapse of five years.) minevanje (časa)* * *I [læps]nounlapsus, spodrsljaj spozaba, pogrešek, pomota; prestopek, oddaljevanje (od česa), spotikljaj; propad, propadanje (moralno); tok, minevanje (časa); juridically zastaranost, zapadlost (dedne pravice); len tok (vode)lapse of the pen — spodrsljaj v pisanju, zapisanII [læps]intransitive verb
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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 — [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 — Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to lapse… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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
lapse — [[t]læps[/t]] n. v. lapsed, laps•ing 1) an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state: a lapse of justice[/ex] 2) a slip or error, often of a trivial sort: a lapse of memory[/ex] 3) an interval or … From formal English to slang
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lapse — {{11}}lapse (n.) mid 15c., elapsing of time, expiration; also temporary forfeiture of a legal right, from M.Fr. laps lapse, from L. lapsus a slipping and falling, flight (of time), falling into error, from labi to slip, glide, fall. Meaning moral … Etymology dictionary
lapse — /læps / (say laps) noun 1. a slip or slight error: a lapse of concentration. 2. a failure or miscarriage through some fault, slip, or negligence: a lapse of justice. 3. a gliding or passing away, as of time: *She took that up after a lapse of two …
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