Definitions for gap
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gap, spreadnoun

   a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

   "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

2. opening, gapnoun

   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. gap, cracknoun

   a narrow opening

   "he opened the window a crack"

4. col, gapnoun

   a pass between mountain peaks

5. gapnoun

   a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

6. break, interruption, disruption, gapverb

   an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

   "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

7. gap, breachverb

   make an opening or gap in

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gapnoun

   An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

2. gapnoun

   An opening allowing passage or entrance.

   We can slip through that gap.

3. gapnoun

   An opening that implies a breach or defect.

   There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.

4. gapnoun

   A vacant space or time.

   I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.

5. gapnoun

   A hiatus.

   I'm taking a gap.

6. gapnoun

   A mountain or hill pass.

   The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.

7. gapnoun

   A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

   At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.

8. gapnoun

   The regions between the outfielders.

   Jones doubled through the gap.

9. gapnoun

   The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

10. gapverb

    To notch, as a sword or knife.

11. gapverb

    To make an opening in; to breach.

12. gapverb

    To check the size of a gap.

    I gapped all the sparkplugs in my car then realized I used the wrong manual and had made them too small.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gapnoun

   Etymology: from gape.

   1. An opening in a broken fence.

   Behold the despair,
   By custom and covetous pates,
   By gaps and opening of gates. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.

   With terrours and with furies to the bounds
   And crystal wall of heav’n; which, opening wide,
   Roll’d inward, and a spacious gap disclos’d
   Into the wasteful deep. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.

   Bushes are most lasting of any for dead hedges, or to mend gaps. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   I sought for a man, says God, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me, for the land that I should not destroy it. John Rogers, Sermon 18.

   2. A breach.

   The loss of that strong city concerned the Christian commonweal: manifold and lamentable miseries afterwards ensued by the opening of that gap, not unto the kingdom of Hungary only, but to all that side of Christendom. Richard Knolles.

   3. Any passage.

   He’s made master
   O’ th’ rolls and the king’s secretary: further
   Stands in the gap, and treads for more preferment. William Shakespeare.

   So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear
   Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear,
   And hears him rustling in the wood. Dryden.

   4. An avenue; an open way.

   The former kings of England passed into them a great part of their prerogatives; which though then it was well intended, and perhaps well deserved, yet now such a gap of mischief lies open thereby, that I could wish it were well stopt. Edmund Spenser.

   5. A hole; a deficiency.

   If you violently proceed against him, mistaking his purpose, it would make a great gap in your honour. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Nor is it any botch or gap at all in the works of nature. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

   6. Any interstice; a vacuity.

   Each one demand, and answer to his part
   Perform’d in this wide gap of time, since first
   We were dissever’d. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   That I might sleep out this great gap of time my Antony is away. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   To make ’twixt words and lines huge gaps,
   Wide as meridians in maps. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. 3.

   One can revive a languishing conversation by a sudden surprising sentence; another is more dexterous in seconding; a third can fill the gap with laughing. Jonathan Swift, Genteel Conversat.

   7. An opening of the mouth in speech during the pronunciation of two successive vowels.

   The hiatus, or gap between two words, is caused by two vowels opening on each other. Alexander Pope.

   8. To stop a Gap, is to escape by some mean shift: alluding to hedges mended with dead bushes, ’till the quicksets will grow.

   His policy consists in setting traps,
   In finding ways and means, and stopping gaps. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gap

   A gap generally refers to an empty space or interval, a break in continuity, a missing part, or a discrepancy. It can be used in various contexts such as science, technology, business, education, and social issues. It typically implies a difference or disparity between two things, a lack or void that needs to be filled, or a distance that needs to be bridged.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gapnoun

   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. Gapverb

   to notch, as a sword or knife

3. Gapverb

   to make an opening in; to breach

4. Etymology: [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.]

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1. Gap

   Gap is a census-designated place and town in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a zip code of 17527. The population was 1,931 at the 2010 census. It is the terminus for four Pennsylvania highways: 772, 741, 897, and the heavily-used 41, which goes toward Wilmington, DE.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gap

   gap, n. an opening made by rupture or parting: a cleft: a passage: a deep ravine in a mountain-ridge: any breach of continuity.—v.t. to notch: to make a gap in.—adjs. Gap′py, full of gaps; Gap-toothed, lacking some of the teeth.—Stand in the gap, to stand forward in active defence of something; Stop a gap, to repair a defect, close a breach. [M. E. gappe—Ice. gap, an opening.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gap

   A chasm in the land, which, when near, is useful as a landmark.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gap

   An opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach. To stand in the gap, to expose one’s self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger. To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.

2. gap

   A small town of France, capital of the department Hautes Alps. It was sacked and almost wholly reduced to ashes by Victor Amadeus of Savoy in 1692.

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1. GAP

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Matched Categories

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gap' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3004

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gap' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2651

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gap' in Nouns Frequency: #1017

Anagrams for gap »

1. PGA

2. GPA

3. AGP

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gap in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of gap in a Sentence

1. Ferguson Market arson Holder:

   We have brought record numbers of cases since I've been attorney general against various police departments around the country, all in the name of trying to make law enforcement better and trying to bridge the gap between some communities and some people in law enforcement.

2. Benjamin Schreiber:

   When deals were made (with wealthy countries) in May (2020) there was a real gap in funding in the COVAX facility.

3. Rebecca Siegel:

   The racial gap in cancer mortality is continuing to narrow -- so it was that the cancer death rate in blacks was 33 % higher than in whites in the mid-1990s, and the current data now indicate it's 14 % higher -- so it's still higher, but the gap is narrowing, which is really good news.

4. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   As we’ve already seen with exfiltrated voter registration databases and the endless methods of poisoning manufacturer updates, manipulating DRE and optical scan machines and bypassing air gap defense, the state election official’s illusion of security is being pummeled by the reality of cyberattack.

5. Mark Deppe:

   Some people believe video games are the scourge of society — and there's a huge generational gap between young people who play games and other folks who think it's a waste of time, so in addition to building this business and all the stresses that come with that, we have to address the fair critiques and defend against the unfair ones.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gap
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gap
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gap
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gap
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gap
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gap
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gap
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html