Elapse

Quick meaning: Elapse is a verb meaning (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.

Meaning

(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.

Example Sentences

Several days elapsed before they met again.

He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Many years elapsed before the success of Kemp Town as a residential district was assured; the foundations of the estate were laid in 1823, but some houses remained untenanted until the 1850s.

The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value.

Word Forms

• elapses
• elapsing
• elapsed

Synonyms for elapse

Depending on context, synonyms include go by, go, pass, roll on, lapse, go along.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include go by, pass, go along, lapse, proceed, end.

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