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ELAPSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does elapse mean?

• ELAPSE (verb)
The verb ELAPSE has 1 sense:

1. pass by

Familiarity information: ELAPSE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ELAPSE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pass by

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

elapse; glide by; go by; slide by; slip by; slip away; go along; pass; lapse

Context example:

three years elapsed

Hypernyms (to "elapse" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elapse"):

fell; fly; vanish (pass away rapidly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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