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elapse en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ɪˈlæps/ (Australia, UK, US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-der.? Latin lābor Latin ēlābor Latin elapsusder. Middle French elapser English elapse From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
   • Several days elapsed before they met again.
   • 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. 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 832:
   • 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. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Remembrance of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 322:
   • He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Forms

Deriveds

elapsion · unelapsed · elapsed · elapsing

Relateds

run its course

Synonyms

go by · intervene · roll on · go · pass · go past · pass by · elapse

Translations (37)

es discurrir ((of time) to pass or move by) · sv passera ((of time) to pass or move by) · eo pasi ((of time) to pass or move by) · ru истека́ть ((of time) to pass or move by) · zza ravêren ((of time) to pass or move by) · cmn 過 /过 ((of time) to pass or move by) · fi vierähtää ((of time) to pass or move by) · pt transcorrer ((of time) to pass or move by) · vi trôi qua ((of time) to pass or move by) · az ötmək ((of time) to pass or move by) · it trascorrere ((of time) to pass or move by) · ru исте́чь ((of time) to pass or move by) · ko 지나가다 ((of time) to pass or move by) · ru проходи́ть ((of time) to pass or move by) · ast pasar ((of time) to pass or move by) · sv förlöpa ((of time) to pass or move by) · es transcurrir ((of time) to pass or move by) · ru пройти́ ((of time) to pass or move by) · fi vieriä ((of time) to pass or move by) · fi kulua ((of time) to pass or move by) · az keçmək ((of time) to pass or move by) · de vergehen ((of time) to pass or move by) · cmn 過去 /过去 ((of time) to pass or move by) · ja 経つ ((of time) to pass or move by) · ru минова́ть ((of time) to pass or move by) · de verrinnen ((of time) to pass or move by) · ar مَرَّ ((of time) to pass or move by) · fr se passer ((of time) to pass or move by) · bg изти́чам ((of time) to pass or move by) · bg измина́вам ((of time) to pass or move by) · grc διαγίγνομαι ((of time) to pass or move by) · fr s'écouler ((of time) to pass or move by) · ja 過ぎる ((of time) to pass or move by) · ru ми́нуть ((of time) to pass or move by) · pt passar ((of time) to pass or move by) · pl upływać ((of time) to pass or move by) · sv förgå ((of time) to pass or move by)