English dictionary
gap
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
noun
- a narrow opening
noun
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
noun
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
noun
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
noun
- an open or empty space in or between things
verb
- make an opening or gap in
Example sentences
it was presented without commercial breaks
there was a gap in his account
he opened the window a crack
gap between income and outgo
the spread between lending and borrowing costs
there was a small opening between the trees
the explosion made a gap in the wall