English to English
noun
- a mistake resulting from inattention
source: WordNet 3.0
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
A lapse of three weeks between letters.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a failure to maintain a higher state
source: WordNet 3.0
- A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- pass into a specified state or condition
He sank into nirvana.
source: WordNet 3.0
- end, at least for a long time
The correspondence lapsed.
source: WordNet 3.0
- drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
source: WordNet 3.0
- go back to bad behavior
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals.
source: WordNet 3.0
- let slip
He lapsed his membership.
source: WordNet 3.0
- pass by
Three years elapsed.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
source: Webster 1913
- To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [laps] Pagitan; pagkadulas; pagkakamalî
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
