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Definition of 'gap'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gap
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach.

2.  gap
an empty space or interval; hiatus:
a gap in one's memory.

3.  gap
a difference or disparity, as in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development:
the technology gap; a communications gap.

4.  gap
a deep sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.

5.  gap
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a mountain pass:
the Cumberland Gap.

6. (v.t.) gap
to make a gap, opening, or breach in.

7. (v.i.) gap
to come open or apart; form or show a gap.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ON: chasm)

Definition of 'gap'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gap, spread
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
"gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

2. (noun) opening, gap
an open or empty space in or between things
"there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"

3. (noun) gap, crack
a narrow opening
"he opened the window a crack"

4. (noun) col, gap
a pass between mountain peaks

5. (noun) gap
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

6. (verb) break, interruption, disruption, gap
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
"it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

7. (verb) gap, breach
make an opening or gap in

Definition of 'gap'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) gap
a space between two things
a gap between her two front teeth; a gap in the fence

2.  gap
a difference between two things
the widening gap between rich and poor

3.  gap
close/bridge the gap
to make things less different
to bridge the gap between theory and practice

4.  gap
when sth is missing
gaps in her knowledge

5.  gap
a pause between two things
There's a ten-year gap between me and my brother.

Definition of 'gap'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) gap
an opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass

2. (verb) gap
to notch, as a sword or knife

3. (verb) gap
to make an opening in; to breach

Definition of 'gap'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. gap
An area within a minefield or obstacle belt, free of live mines or obstacles, whose width and direction will allow a friendly force to pass through in tactical formation. See also phoney minefield.

Translation of 'gap'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a break or open space a gap between his teeth.
Afrikaans: gaping, opening	Arabic: فَجْوَه	Bulgarian: пролука
Brazilian: folga	Czech: mezera	German: die Lücke
Danish: mellemrum	Greek: χάσμα, κενό, άνοιγμα	Spanish: hueco, espacio, vacío; br
Estonian: vahe(mik)	Farsi: شکاف	Finnish: aukko
French: espace, vide	Hebrew: רֶווַח	Hindi: दरार, अन्तराल, अन्तर
Croatian: razmak, praznina	Hungarian: rés	Indonesian: kerenggangan, celah, kese
Icelandic: bil, skarð, gat	Italian: spazio; divario	Japanese: すき間
Korean: 갈라진 틈	Lithuanian: tarpas, plyšys	Latvian: sprauga; plaisa
Malay: celah	Dutch: tussenruimte, gat	Norwegian: hull, mellomrom,åpning
Polish: szpara, luka	Persian: شکاف	Pashto: چوړاخ،
Portuguese: espaço	Romanian: spaţiu, loc gol	Russian: промежуток; щель
Slovak: diera, medzera	Slovenian: reža, vrzel	Serbian: šupljina
Swedish: öppning, hål, lucka, mell	Thai: ช่องว่าง	Turkish: aralık, boşluk
Taiwanese: 縫隙，缺口	Ukrainian: щілина; проміжок	Urdu: خلا، خالی جگہ
Vietnamese: lỗ hổng	Chinese: 缝隙，缺口
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