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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: gap, IPA^(key): /ɡæp/
Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English gap, gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”); compare English gape.

Noun[edit]

gap (plural gaps)

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
An opening allowing passage or entrance.

We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
An opening that implies a breach or defect.

There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
A vacant space or time.

I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.

I’m taking a gap.

You must wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road.
A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.

Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.

Find words to fill the gaps in an incomplete sentence.

She has a gap in her teeth.

(see also gap-toothed)
- 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
  
  The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
A mountain or hill pass.

The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
(Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.

Jones doubled through the gap.
(Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- 2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5,
  
  Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
(Australia) (usually written as «the gap») The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

Synonyms[edit]

(opening made by breaking or parting): break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure
(opening allowing passage or entrance): break, clearing, hole, opening; see also Thesaurus:hole
(opening that implies a breach or defect): space
(vacant space or time): break, space, window; see also Thesaurus:interspace or Thesaurus:interim
(hiatus): hiatus; see also Thesaurus:pause
(mountain pass): col, neck, pass
(in baseball):

Hyponyms[edit]

air gap
bomber gap
credibility gap
gender gap
generation gap
missile gap
pay gap
prime gap
spark gap

Derived terms[edit]

accidental gap
anion gap
bridge the gap
coal gap
content gap
fermium gap
gap buffer
gap byte
gap concept
gap creationism
gap creationist
gap fill
gap it
gap junction
gap lapper
gap lathe
gap of danger
gap sheet
gap theorist
gap theory
gap year
Gap-1
Gap-2
gap-fill
gap-lapper
gap-toothed
gapless
genetic gap
high anion gap metabolic acidosis
Kirkwood gap
leaf gap
lexical gap
mind the gap
parasitic gap
power gap
Romer’s gap
Scots’ Gap
stand in the gap
stop-gap
Suwalki gap
take the gap
thigh gap
Watford Gap
wind gap

Translations[edit]

opening made by breaking or parting

Assamese: ফাঁক (phãk)
Azerbaijani: aralıq (az)
Bulgarian: ду́пка (bg) f (dúpka), пролу́ка (bg) f (prolúka), пра́зно мя́сто n (prázno mjásto)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 罅 (laa³)

Mandarin: 間隙／间隙 (zh) (jiànxì)
Czech: díra (cs) f
Danish: ridse (da)
Dutch: reet (nl) f, spleet (nl) f
Finnish: aukko (fi)
French: brèche (fr) f, écart (fr) m
Galician: breca (gl) f, fenda f, fisga f, laño m, orgallo m, arro m
Georgian: რღვეული (rɣveuli), გამონანგრევი (gamonangrevi)
German: Spalte (de) f, Ritz (de) m, Ritze (de) f
Greek: κενό (el) n (kenó)
Hungarian: rés (hu), hézag (hu), nyílás (hu), hasadék (hu)
Irish: bearna (ga) f
Italian: breccia (it) f, fessura (it) f, buco (it) m, passaggio (it) m
Japanese: 間隙 (ja) (kangeki), ずれ (zure)
Korean: 간극(間隙) (ko) (gan’geuk), 극간(隙間) (geukgan), 간각(間刻) (gan’gak), 간통(間通) (ko) (gantong), 틈 (ko) (teum), 틈새 (ko) (teumsae)
Latin: lacūna (la) f
Malayalam: വിടവ് (ml) (viṭavŭ)
Maori: mokorawhā
Norwegian:

Bokmål: luke m or f, åpning (no) m or f, mellomrom n, lomme (no) m or f, tomrom (no) n, gap n, spalte (no) m or f
Portuguese: fenda (pt) f
Russian: разры́в (ru) m (razrýv), проло́м (ru) m (prolóm), брешь (ru) f (brešʹ), щель (ru) f (ščelʹ), зазо́р (ru) m (zazór), промежу́ток (ru) m (promežútok), люфт (ru) m (ljuft), интерва́л (ru) m (intɛrvál)
Spanish: brecha (es) f, hueco (es) m
Swahili: mwanya (sw)
Swedish: spricka (sv) c
Walloon: schård (wa) m, trô (wa) m
Zulu: isikhala class 7/8

opening allowing passage or entrance

Bulgarian: про́ход (bg) m (próhod), про́пуск (bg) m (própusk)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 罅 (laa³)

Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: otvor (cs) m, mezera (cs) f
Finnish: aukko (fi)
French: trouée (fr) f
Galician: esgranicela f
Georgian: საძრომი (saʒromi), გასაძრომი (gasaʒromi)
German: Spalt (de) m, Lücke (de) f
Greek: κενό (el) n (kenó)
Hungarian: rés (hu), hézag (hu), nyílás (hu), köz (hu)
Irish: bearna (ga) f
Italian: breccia (it) f, fessura (it) f, apertura (it) f, passaggio (it) m
Maori: angotanga
Polish: szczelina (pl) f
Portuguese: brecha (pt) f
Russian: щель (ru) f (ščelʹ), брешь (ru) f (brešʹ), промежу́ток (ru) m (promežútok)
Spanish: brecha (es) f, hueco (es) m
Swahili: mwanya (sw)
Walloon: trô (wa) m, trawêye (wa) f
Zulu: isikhala class 7/8

opening that implies a breach or defect

Bulgarian: ду́пка (bg) f (dúpka)
Chinese:

Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: pragu
Finnish: aukko (fi)
Galician: granicela f, eiva f, laña f, refollo m
Georgian: ხარვეზი (xarvezi), ხვრელი (xvreli)
Greek: κενό (el) n (kenó)
Hungarian: rés (hu), hézag (hu), hiány (hu), hiányosság (hu)
Irish: bearna (ga) f
Italian: fessura (it) f, spazio vuoto m, interruzione (it) f
Japanese: 隙 (ja) (suki)
Latin: lacūna (la) f
Polish: szpara (pl) f, dziura (pl) f, szczelina (pl) f
Portuguese: brecha (pt) f
Russian: щель (ru) f (ščelʹ), дыра́ (ru) f (dyrá)
Spanish: brecha (es) f
Swahili: mwanya (sw)
Walloon: crevåde (wa) f, creveure (wa) f

vacant space or time

Azerbaijani: ara (az)
Bulgarian: интерва́л (bg) m (intervál)
Chinese:

Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: mezera (cs) f, proluka (cs) f
Finnish: aukko (fi)
French: interruption (fr) f, solution de continuité (fr)
Georgian: დერეფანი (derepani), ფანჯარა (ka) (panǯara)
Greek: κενό (el) n (kenó)
Hungarian: kihagyás (hu), köz (hu), térköz, időköz (hu), időszak (hu)
Italian: spazio vuoto m
Polish: przerwa (pl) f, okienko (pl) n
Portuguese: vão (pt) m
Russian: переры́в (ru) m (pererýv), окно́ (ru) n (oknó)
Spanish: hueco (es) m
Turkish: ara (tr)

mountain pass

Bulgarian: проло́м (bg) m (prolóm), дефиле́ (bg) n (defilé)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 隘口 (zh) (àikǒu)
Czech: průsmyk (cs) m, sedlo (cs) n
Estonian: lõhe
Finnish: sola (fi)
French: col (fr) m
Georgian: გადასასვლელი (gadasasvleli), ხეობა (xeoba)
Hungarian: hágó (hu), szoros (hu), hegyszoros (hu)
Korean: 애구(隘口) (ko) (aegu)
Navajo: dziłgiizh
Russian: прохо́д (ru) m (proxód), уще́лье (ru) n (uščélʹje)
Walloon: passåjhe (wa) f

in baseball

Chinese:

Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: aukkopaikka

Verb[edit]

gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)

(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
(transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
(transitive) To check the size of a gap.

I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
(New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- 2020 June 17, “’They’ve just gapped it’: Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral”, in Newstalk ZB‎^[1]:

Translations[edit]

to notch

Bulgarian: прорязвам (bg) (prorjazvam)
Finnish: tehdä merkki
French: entailler (fr)

to check the size of a gap

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

gap (plural gaps)

Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)

Anagrams[edit]

AGP, APG, GPA, PAG, PGA, Pag

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɑp

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

gap

first-person singular present indicative of gappen
imperative of gappen

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English gap. Related to gapen, gaap, jaap.

Noun[edit]

gap n (plural gappen, diminutive gapje n)

(business) gap

Synonyms: gat, kloof

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡap/

Noun[edit]

gap m (plural gaps)

(chemistry) gap
gap (difference)

Garo[edit]

Noun[edit]

gap

snail

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from gapa (“to open one’s mouth wide; to yawn”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kaːp/
Rhymes: -aːp

Noun[edit]

gap n (genitive singular gaps, nominative plural göp)

gap, opening

Synonyms: op, rifa, glufa

Declension[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡap/
Hyphenation: gap

Noun[edit]

gap

beating, the sound of action by which someone or something is beaten.

Synonym: degap

Etymology 2[edit]

From English gap, from Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛp/
Hyphenation: gap

Noun[edit]

gap

gap,
1. an opening in anything.
  
  Synonym: celah
2. the disparity between communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
  
  Synonym: kesenjangan

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

gap

imperative of gape

Old High German[edit]

Verb[edit]

gap

manuscript spelling of gab, first/third-person singular past indicative of geban

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Presumably from gapa (“to gape”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑp/

Noun[edit]

gap n (genitive gaps, plural gǫp)

gap, empty space
- Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
  
  […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.
  
  […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.
(figuratively) shouting, crying, gab
- Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425:
  
  […] þar uar suo mikit hareyste og gap […]
  
  […] there was so much noise and gab […]

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

gapa (“to gape”)
gapi (“reckless man”)

Descendants[edit]

Danish: gab
Faroese: gap
Icelandic: gap
→ Middle English: gap, gappe
- English: gap
Norwegian Bokmål: gap
Norwegian Nynorsk: gap
Swedish: gap

References[edit]

“gap”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
gap in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
gap in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡap/
Rhymes: -ap
Syllabification: gap

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

gap m pers

(colloquial, usually in the plural, derogatory) gawker, gaper, mindless onlooker, rubbernecker

Synonyms: gapowicz, świadek, widz

Usage notes[edit]

Because this word inflects as if it contained a terminal [pʲ], which no longer exists in Polish and cannot be represented in Polish orthography, the nominative singular form is in practice used only as a lemma in dictionaries. Most native speakers only recognize this word in its inflected forms.

Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

gap f

genitive plural of gapa

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

gap

second-person singular imperative of gapić

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

gap m (plural gaps)

gap (difference)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse gap.

Noun[edit]

gap n

chasm or abyss
gap; an opening that implies a breach or defect.
a mouth, especially when wide open
the space between the jaws of a wrench

Declension[edit]

Declension of gap
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gap	gapet	gap	gapen
Genitive	gaps	gapets	gaps	gapens

Derived terms[edit]

gapskratt (“loud unrestrained laughter”)
gapflabb (“loud uncontrolled laughter”)

[edit]

gapa (“to open one’s mouth”)

Anagrams[edit]

Apg., p.g.a., pga

Источник

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gap

(găp)

a. An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach: wriggled through a gap in the fence; a large gap in the wall where the artillery shell had exploded.

b. A break in a line of defense.

2. An opening through mountains; a pass.

3. A space between objects or points; an aperture: a gap between his front teeth.

4. An interruption of continuity: a nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation; needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.

a. A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity: a gap between revenue and spending; the widening gap between rich and poor.

b. A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity: the budget gap; the technology gap.

6. A spark gap.

v. gapped, gap·ping, gaps

v.tr.

1. To make an opening or openings in: a wall that was gapped.

2. To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device): gap boards on a deck; gap a spark plug.

v.intr.

To be or become open: Her coat gapped open.

[Middle English, from Old Norse, chasm.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

gap

(ɡæp)

1. a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc

2. a break in continuity; interruption; hiatus: there is a serious gap in the accounts.

3. (Physical Geography) a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through

4. (Physical Geography) chiefly US a gorge or ravine

5. a divergence or difference; disparity: there is a gap between his version of the event and hers; the generation gap.

6. (Electronics) electronics

a. a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit

7. bridge a gap close a gap fill a gap stop a gap to remedy a deficiency

vb, gaps, gapping or gapped

(tr) to make a breach or opening in

[C14: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to gape, Swedish gap, Danish gab open mouth, opening]

ˈgapless adj

ˈgappy adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

gap

(gæp)

n., v. gapped, gap•ping. n.

1. a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach.

2. an empty space or interval; hiatus: a gap in one’s memory.

3. a difference or disparity, as in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development: the technology gap; a communications gap.

4. a deep sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.

5. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a mountain pass: the Cumberland Gap.

v.t.

6. to make a gap, opening, or breach in.

v.i.

7. to come open or apart; form or show a gap.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse: chasm]

gap′less, adj.

gap

An area within a minefield or obstacle belt, free of live mines or obstacles, whose width and direction will allow a friendly force to pass through in tactical formation. See also phoney minefield.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

gap

Past participle: gapped
Gerund: gapping

Imperative
gap
gap

Present
I gap
you gap
he/she/it gaps
we gap
you gap
they gap

Preterite
I gapped
you gapped
he/she/it gapped
we gapped
you gapped
they gapped

Present Continuous
I am gapping
you are gapping
he/she/it is gapping
we are gapping
you are gapping
they are gapping

Present Perfect
I have gapped
you have gapped
he/she/it has gapped
we have gapped
you have gapped
they have gapped

Past Continuous
I was gapping
you were gapping
he/she/it was gapping
we were gapping
you were gapping
they were gapping

Past Perfect
I had gapped
you had gapped
he/she/it had gapped
we had gapped
you had gapped
they had gapped

Future
I will gap
you will gap
he/she/it will gap
we will gap
you will gap
they will gap

Future Perfect
I will have gapped
you will have gapped
he/she/it will have gapped
we will have gapped
you will have gapped
they will have gapped

Future Continuous
I will be gapping
you will be gapping
he/she/it will be gapping
we will be gapping
you will be gapping
they will be gapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gapping
you have been gapping
he/she/it has been gapping
we have been gapping
you have been gapping
they have been gapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gapping
you will have been gapping
he/she/it will have been gapping
we will have been gapping
you will have been gapping
they will have been gapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gapping
you had been gapping
he/she/it had been gapping
we had been gapping
you had been gapping
they had been gapping

Conditional
I would gap
you would gap
he/she/it would gap
we would gap
you would gap
they would gap

Past Conditional
I would have gapped
you would have gapped
he/she/it would have gapped
we would have gapped
you would have gapped
they would have gapped

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	gap — a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; «gap between income and outgo»; «the spread between lending and borrowing costs» spread disparity — inequality or difference in some respect
	2.	gap — an open or empty space in or between things; «there was a small opening between the trees»; «the explosion made a gap in the wall» opening pocket — an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck diastema — a gap or vacant space between two teeth nodes of Ranvier, Ranvier’s nodes — small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons foramen, hiatus — a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure breach — an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) chasm — a deep opening in the earth’s surface crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure — a long narrow opening hole — an opening into or through something mouth — an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge); «he rode into the mouth of the canyon»; «they built a fire at the mouth of the cave» rift — a gap between cloud masses; «the sun shone through a rift in the clouds» rent, rip, tear, snag, split — an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; «there was a rip in his pants»; «she had snags in her stockings» Earth’s surface, surface — the outermost level of the land or sea; «earthquakes originate far below the surface»; «three quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered by water» window — an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; «he could see them through a window in the trees» space — an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); «the architect left space in front of the building»; «they stopped at an open space in the jungle»; «the space between his teeth»
	3.	gap — a narrow opening; «he opened the window a crack» crack lacuna, blank — a blank gap or missing part opening — a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; «they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door» spark gap — the gap between two high-potential terminals
	4.	gap — a pass between mountain peaks col mountain pass, notch, pass — the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; «we got through the pass before it started to snow» water gap — a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows wind gap — a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it
	5.	gap — a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict — a disagreement or argument about something important; «he had a dispute with his wife»; «there were irreconcilable differences»; «the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats» generation gap — a difference between the views of young people and their parents
	6.	gap — an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; «it was presented without commercial breaks»; «there was a gap in his account» disruption, interruption, break cut-in, insert — (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film cut-in, insert — (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program delay, holdup — the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time interposition, interjection, interpellation, interpolation — the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts abruption, breaking off — an instance of sudden interruption barracking, heckling — shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
Verb	1.	gap — make an opening or gap in breach open, open up — cause to open or to become open; «Mary opened the car door»

gap

noun

1. opening, space, hole, break, split, divide, crack, rent, breach, slot, vent, rift, aperture, cleft, chink, crevice, fissure, cranny, perforation, interstice the wind tearing through gaps in the window frames

2. interval, pause, recess, interruption, respite, lull, interlude, breathing space, hiatus, intermission, lacuna, entr’acte There followed a gap of four years.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

gap

noun

1. An opening, especially in a solid structure:

2. A space or interval between objects or points:

3. An interval during which continuity is suspended:

4. A marked lack of correspondence or agreement:

verb

1. To make a hole or other opening in:

Translations

mezera

åbningmellemrum

aukkoaukkopaikkamerkkisolatarkistaa

praznina

bil, skarî, gat

隙間

간격

plaisasprauga

odprtinaprazninaprepadrežaškrbina

gap

ช่องว่าง

chỗ trống

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gap

(gӕp) noun

a break or open space. a gap between his teeth.

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gap

n. laguna, vacío; intervalo, abertura.

gap

n espacio, brecha; (in memory) laguna mental; — between your teeth espacio entre los dientes; — in coverage brecha en cobertura

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Other forms: gaps; gapped; gapping

A gap is the space between two things. It can be physical (like «the gap between your two front teeth») or philosophical (like «the generation gap» between you and your parents).

Gap is a small word that packs a lot; it can be used in a straightforward manner: in England, the signs in the subway station say, «Mind the gap» — in hopes that passengers will not wander into the space between the train and the platform. The American retailer, «The Gap,» is said to have taken its name from the generation gap. The clothes were designed for teenagers and young adults, and therefore nothing your middle-aged parents would be caught dead in. Times change.

Definitions of gap

noun

an open or empty space in or between things

“the explosion made a
gap in the wall”

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opening

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Denali Fault

a major open geological fault in Alaska

San Andreas Fault

a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes

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pocket

an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

diastema

a gap or vacant space between two teeth

Ranvier’s nodes, nodes of Ranvier

small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons

foramen, hiatus

a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

breach

an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

chasm

a deep opening in the earth’s surface

cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

a long narrow opening

hole

an opening into or through something

mouth

an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)

rift

a gap between cloud masses

rent, rip, snag, split, tear

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

window

an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

corner pocket

a pocket at the corner of a billiard table

side pocket

a pocket on the side of a billiard table

Monro’s foramen, foramen of Monro, interventricular foramen

the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere

foramen magnum

the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes

abysm, abyss

a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

aperture

a natural opening in something

bolt-hole

a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den

bullet hole

a hole made by a bullet passing through it

chap

a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

chink

a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

cranny

a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

crevasse

a deep fissure

fatigue crack

a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue

break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift

(geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

gulf

a deep wide chasm

leak

an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

ozone hole

an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone

perforation

a hole made in something

rathole

a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats

rift

a narrow fissure in rock

slit

a narrow fissure

split

a lengthwise crack in wood

vent, volcano

a fissure in the earth’s crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

knothole

a hole in a board where a knot came out

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space

an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
noun

a pass between mountain peaks

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water gap

a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows

wind gap

a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it

type of:

mountain pass, notch, pass

the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
noun

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

“gap between income and outgo”

synonyms:

spread
noun

a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
noun

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

“there was a
gap in his account”

synonyms:

break, disruption, interruption
verb

make an opening or gap in

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Look up gap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Gap or The Gap may refer to various openings, vacant spaces, lacks or pauses:

Natural featuresEdit

Gap (landform), a low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range
Treefall gap, a spacing between large trees in a forest

PlacesEdit

Gap, Alberta, Canada
Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
Gap, North Carolina, United States
Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, a license plate code GAP
Great Allegheny Passage (GAP), a hiking/biking trail stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, Maryland

Organizations and businessesEdit

Air Philippines, ICAO designator GAP
Future Azerbaijan Party, an Azerbaijani political party
G Adventures, formerly Gap Adventures, the largest adventure travel company in Canada
Gap Analysis Program, a federally coordinated program operated in conjunction with states and regions to assess the overall health of wildlife
Gap Broadcasting Group, often capitalized as GAP
Gap FC, a French football club
Gap Inc., a chain of retail clothing stores
Genocide Awareness Project, a movable anti-abortion display
Global Animal Partnership, an animal welfare nonprofit
Government Accountability Project, a United States nonprofit organization
Great Ape Project, an international organization advocating legal rights for great apes
Group of Personal Friends (Grupo de Amigos Personales), an armed guard of the Socialist Party of Chile 1970-1973
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, an American psychiatric professional organization
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, an airport operator holding group in Mexico
Gruppi di Azione Patriottica (The Patriotic Action Groups), a communist WWII-era Partisan group, often referred to in Italian as «Gappisti»
Gruppi di Azione Partigiana (Partisan Action Group), an Italian resistance group founded by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Guyana Action Party/Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana, a Guyana political party
Southeastern Anatolia Project (Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi), a regional development project in Turkey
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, a grocery retailer, ticker symbol GAP

Science and technologyEdit

Band gap or «energy gap», the energy interval in which particles cannot propagate
Gallium(III) phosphide, a semiconductor material
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, a 3-carbon molecule metabolite important in both glycolysis and the Calvin cycle
Good agricultural practice, any collection of value-based agricultural practices
GTPase-activating proteins, a family of regulatory proteins

LinguisticsEdit

Gap, accidental gap, or lexical gap, a word or other form that does not exist in a language but could
Gap, a kind of ellipsis, e.g.:
- Gap is an instance of gapping
- Parasitic gap, a kind of correlated ellipsis

Mathematics and computer science and technologyEdit

Air gap (networking), a security measure
GAP (computer algebra system) (Groups, Algorithms and Programming), a software package
Generalized assignment problem
Generic access profile, an interoperability protocol used in wireless telephony
Gimp Animation Package, an extension for the GIMP
Graph automorphism problem

Other usesEdit

Gap (chart pattern), areas where no trading occurs in the stock market
Gap (Mandaeism) or Gaf, a demon of the Mandaean underworld
GAP insurance, a type of vehicle insurance
Gap Mangione, or Gaspare Charles «Gap» Mangione, jazz pianist and bandleader
Gap year, a prolonged period between life stages
.45 GAP, the «Glock Automatic Pistol» cartridge

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