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gap

/ɡæp/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
  2. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
  3. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
  4. A vacant space or time.
  5. A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
  6. A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
  7. To notch, as a sword or knife.
  8. To make an opening in; to breach.
  9. To check the size of a gap.
  10. To leave suddenly.
  11. An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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