elapse
/ɪˈlæps/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.03 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work."
- "Several days elapsed before they met again."
- "The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value."
- "Many years elapsed before the success of Kemp Town as a residential district was assured; the foundations of the estate were laid in 1823, but some houses remained untenanted until the 1850s."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-der.? Latin lābor Latin ēlābor Latin elapsusder. Middle French elapser English elapse From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈlæps/
- British English: /ɪˈlæps/