a mistake resulting from inattention
Used in a Sentence
lapse
How to use lapse in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lapse.
Editorial note
Sounds like a serious lapse of "dance with the one who brung ya" to me.
Examples9
Definitions9
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a mistake resulting from inattention
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lapse gathered in one view.
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
a failure to maintain a higher state
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lapse.
noun
a mistake resulting from inattention
See also: oversight
noun
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
noun
a failure to maintain a higher state
See also: backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
verb
pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
verb
end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
verb
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
See also: backslide
verb
go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
See also: relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress
verb
let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
verb
pass by; "three years elapsed"
Example sentences
Sounds like a serious lapse of "dance with the one who brung ya" to me.
Wow, this is a really big lapse of judgement on Quora's part.
A lapse in any of those payments can result in what is called a "writ" being issued.
I've been lapse at updating it in the past few months, but normal service shall resume very shortly...
It's an interesting genre, the time-lapse while pan in HD with hyperbolic music.
Poor Allan had a pretty significant lapse of judgment, and DHH may have given him the most valuable lesson of his life.
The idea that these are the problems whose solution drives us forwards is just a monumental lapse of creativity.
Ordinary people don't live in the kind of circumstances where they might wander into a felony conviction from a minor lapse in judgment.
A peculiarity of local geography is that we find that the two Costco stores at our end of the Twin Cities metropolitan area are just never on our way to anywhere else, so we let our Costco membership lapse after just one year.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lapse in a sentence?
Sounds like a serious lapse of "dance with the one who brung ya" to me.
What does lapse mean?
a mistake resulting from inattention
What part of speech is lapse?
lapse is commonly used as noun, verb.