Значение

значений: 13
  1. An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.

    He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.

    Spalte, Ritz, Ritze

    разры́вrazrýv, проло́мprolóm, брешьbrešʹ

    a narrow opening

  2. An opening allowing passage or entrance.

    We can slip through that gap between the buildings.

    Spalt, Lücke

    щельščelʹ, брешьbrešʹ, промежу́токpromežútok

  3. An opening that implies a breach or defect.

    There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.

    щельščelʹ, дыра́dyrá

  4. A vacant space or time.

    I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.

    переры́вpererýv, окно́oknó

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. A mountain or hill pass.

    The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.

    прохо́дproxód, уще́льеuščélʹje

    a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks

  8. 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.

  9. The regions between the outfielders.

    Jones doubled through the gap.

  10. (Австралия)The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

  11. (Австралия, книжное, обычно)The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.

  12. An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

Примеры

предложений: 106
  1. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

    Пропасть между богатыми и бедными растёт.

    deDie Kluft zwischen Reich und Arm wird immer größer.

  2. Mary's self-conscious about the gap between her front teeth.

    Мэри стесняется щели между передними зубами.

  3. There is a generation gap between them.

  4. The gap between them has narrowed.

  5. Tom reached through the gap in the fence to try to unlatch the gate.

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 4
opening made by breaking or parting:
opening that implies a breach or defect:
vacant space or time:
mountain pass:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
opening made by breaking or parting:
opening allowing passage or entrance:

Происхождение

Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”

Inherited 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”). Doublet of gape.

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Формы

мн. число: gaps
Ед. числоgap
Мн. числоgaps

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 101
opening made by breaking or parting:breakA2holeA1ripB2splitB1tearA2riftC2fissureC1chasm
opening that implies a breach or defect:spaceA2
mountain pass:neckA1passA2col
Близкие по смыслу
  • a narrow opening:crack
  • a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures:spread
  • a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks:col
  • an open or empty space in or between things:opening
  • an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity:breakinterruptiondisruption

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 62

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