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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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lapse

/laps/

US pronunciation

American sound/laps/

lapse

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> lapse

Myanmar meaning

(n) လျှောဆင်းခြင်း။လျှောစီးခြင်း။

Full entry

lapse /læps / n

၁။ သတိလစ်ဟင်းမှု။ ပမာဒ။
a rare lapse of memory / concentration ❍ A brief lapse in the final set cost her the match.
၂။ ~ (from sth) (into sth) ပျက်ယွင်းခြင်း။ the inevitable lapse into petty crime ❍ It took only one lapse from virtue to finish his political career.
၃။ ကြာညောင်းသောကာလ။ after a lapse of six months ❍ after a considerable lapse of time.
v
၁။ (က) သက်တမ်းလွန်သွားသည်။
My membership of the club has lapsed. ❍ He didn't get any compensation because his insurance policy had lapsed.
(ခ) ဆိုင်းငံ့သည်။ The project had been allowed to lapse.
၂။ ~ into sth ပျက်စီး ယိုယွင်းသွားသည်။ The building has lapsed into decay. ❍ We spoke in French but occasionally lapsed (back) into English. ပြင်သစ်လိုပြောရာမှ မကြာခဏ လည်ပြီး အင်္ဂလိပ်လို ပြောမိသည်။ ❍ lapse into silence. ငြိမ်ကျသွား သည်။
၃။ ~ (from sth) ဇာတ်ပျက် ဖြစ်သွားသည်။
a lapsed Catholic ❍ lapse from political commitment.

More examples

The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the lapse.
[lapse of] : She was angered by her momentary lapse of control.
[lapse in] : Today showed that I can have lapses in concentration.
[memory lapse] : Members of the committee were puzzled by the memory lapses of White House officials.
[security lapse] : There have been security lapses despite efforts to protect the public.
[lapse into] : Carol’s lapses into strong language only made her sound immature.
There was a lapse of ten years between his visits.
During a lapse in the conversation, I thanked my host and left.

Synonyms

slip, fall, tumble, descend, drop, slide, trail off, drift, falter, fade, apostatize, backslide, backsliding, become obsolete, blunder, breach, break, bungle, cease, come to an end, crime, decadence, declension, decline, degenerate, degeneration, delay, descent, deteriorate, deterioration, devolution, die, elapse, end, error, expire, fail, failing, failure, fault, flub, foible, frailty, gaff, gap, give up, go by, goof, goof-up, hiatus, hiccup, indiscretion, intermission, interruption, interval, lacuna, lose, lull, miscue, mistake, negligence, offense, omission, oversight, pass, passage, pause, recede, recession, recidivate, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrograde, retrogression, return, revert, run out, screw-up, sin, slip-up, space, stop, subside, tail off, terminate, time lag, transgression, trespass, trip, turn your back on, vice, violation, wait, weaken

Antonyms

accept, accuracy, achievement, advantage, ascent, begin, behavior, care, commence, continuation, continue, continuity, correction, develop, get better, go on, grow, improve, improvement, increase, initiate, kindness, live, obedience, perfection, progress, remembrance, renew, restart, right, rise, start, start up, strength, success, take

Cross references

slip fall tumble descend drop slide trail off drift falter fade apostatize backslide backsliding become obsolete blunder breach break bungle cease come to an end crime decadence declension decline degenerate degeneration delay descent

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