ALL meanings of lapse
lapse
L l - noun lapse moral failure 1
- noun lapse memory failure 1
- noun lapse loss of concentration 1
- intransitive verb lapse expire 1
- intransitive verb lapse fall: into bad behaviour 1
- noun lapse time passing 1
- noun lapse drop in standards 1
- intransitive verb lapse stray or digress 1
- intransitive verb lapse fall: into silence 1
- intransitive verb lapse fall: into unconsciousness 1
- intransitive verb lapse decline gradually 1
- intransitive verb lapse leave behind 1
- noun lapse A temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment. 1
- noun Definition of lapse in Technology (language) A single assignment language for the Manchester dataflow machine. 1
- noun lapse an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice. 1
- noun lapse a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure: a lapse of memory. 1
- noun lapse an interval or passage of time; elapsed period: a lapse of ten minutes before the program resumed. 1
- noun lapse a moral fall, as from rectitude or virtue. 1
- noun lapse a fall or decline to a lower grade, condition, or degree; descent; regression: a lapse into savagery. 1
- noun lapse the act of falling, slipping, sliding, etc., slowly or by degrees. 1
- noun lapse a falling into disuse. 1
- noun lapse Insurance. discontinuance of coverage resulting from nonpayment of a premium; termination of a policy. 1
- noun lapse Law. the termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it or through failure of some contingency. 1
- noun lapse Meteorology. lapse rate. 1
- noun lapse Archaic. a gentle, downward flow, as of water. 1
- verb without object lapse to fall or deviate from a previous standard; fail to maintain a normative level: Toward the end of the book the author lapsed into bad prose. 1
- verb without object lapse to come to an end; stop: We let our subscription to that magazine lapse. 1
- verb without object lapse to fall, slip, or sink; subside: to lapse into silence. 1
- verb without object lapse to fall into disuse: The custom lapsed after a period of time. 1
- verb without object lapse to deviate or abandon principles, beliefs, etc.: to lapse into heresy. 1
- verb without object lapse to fall spiritually, as an apostate: to lapse from grace. 1
- verb without object lapse to pass away, as time; elapse. 1
- verb without object lapse Law. to become void, as a legacy to someone who dies before the testator. 1
- verb without object lapse to cease being in force; terminate: Your insurance policy will lapse after 30 days. 1
- noun lapse the termination or forfeiture of a right or privilege through disuse, through failure of some contingency, or through failure to meet stated obligations within a stated time 0
- noun lapse the failure of a bequest or devise to take effect because of the death of the person who was to receive it 0
- intransitive verb lapse to slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state 0
- intransitive verb lapse to slip or deviate from a higher standard or fall into (former) erroneous ways; backslide 0
- intransitive verb lapse to stop practicing one's religion; lose or abandon one's faith 0
- intransitive verb lapse to pass away; elapse 0
- intransitive verb lapse to come to an end; stop 0
- intransitive verb lapse to become forfeit or void because of failure to pay the premium at the stipulated time 0
- intransitive verb lapse to pass to another proprietor by reason of negligence or death 0
- verb transitive lapse to make forfeit or void by not meeting standards 0
- noun lapse A lapse is a failure to renew a policy by the policyholder or the insurer. 0
- noun lapse A lapse is the termination of a policy because the insurer does not invite the policyholder to renew, or because the policyholder does not pay the premiums. 0
- noun lapse A temporary failure; a slip. 0
- noun lapse A decline or fall in standards. 0
- noun lapse A pause in continuity. 0
- noun lapse An interval of time between events. 0