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English noun: gap | |||
| 1. | gap (attribute) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | ||
| Samples | Gap between income and outgo. The spread between lending and borrowing costs. | ||
| Synonyms | spread | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disparity | ||
| 2. | gap (object) an open or empty space in or between things | ||
| Samples | There was a small opening between the trees. The explosion made a gap in the wall. | ||
| Synonyms | opening | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | space | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breach, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, diastema, fissure, foramen, hiatus, hole, mouth, nodes of Ranvier, pocket, Ranvier's nodes, rent, rift, rip, scissure, snag, split, tear, window | ||
| Part meronym | Earth's surface, surface | ||
| 3. | gap (artifact) a narrow opening | ||
| Samples | He opened the window a crack. | ||
| Synonyms | crack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | opening | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blank, lacuna, spark gap | ||
| 4. | gap (object) a pass between mountain peaks | ||
| Synonyms | col | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mountain pass, notch, pass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | water gap, wind gap | ||
| 5. | gap (communication) a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | generation gap | ||
| 6. | gap (act) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | ||
| Samples | It was presented without commercial breaks. There was a gap in his account. | ||
| Synonyms | break, disruption, interruption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | delay, holdup | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abruption, barracking, breaking off, cut-in, cut-in, heckling, insert, insert, interjection, interpellation, interpolation, interposition | ||
English verb: gap | |||
| 1. | gap (contact) make an opening or gap in | ||
| Synonyms | breach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | open, open up | ||
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