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Inflections of 'lapse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

lapses: v 3rd person singular

lapsing: v pres p

lapsed: v past

lapsed: v past p

Collocations for "lapse"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lapse" in context.

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lapse

n

had a [memory, judgment] lapse
had a lapse in [memory]
a [momentary, slight] lapse of [memory]
a lapse of [reason, time]
a lapse of [a few, several, five] seconds
a lapse into [thuggery, savagery, crime, old habits]
a [long] lapse between [letters, communications, messages]
a five- [second, hour, year] lapse
a shocking lapse from the [goalkeeper, quarterback, defender]
was a lapse of [five] minutes (before, until)

n as adj

the lapse [time, rate]

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Forum discussions with the word(s) "lapse" in the title:

a lapse of / a lapse from - English Only forum
a lapse of all the sequences - English Only forum
a lapse of crime (?) - English Only forum
duration of a time lapse - English Only forum
giving of notice or the lapse of time - English Only forum
going through a <lapse> - English Only forum
I do lapse - English Only forum
in the lapse of time - English Only forum
lapse - English Only forum
lapse from the balance - English Only forum
lapse into complete psychosis - English Only forum
lapse of taste - English Only forum
lapse of time/time passing - English Only forum
lapse or want - English Only forum
lapse vs expire - English Only forum
lapse vs mistake/ignorance - English Only forum
let the service lapse - English Only forum
Momentary lapse of judgement - English Only forum
Perfect Infinitive, Lapse - English Only forum
seniority lapse - English Only forum
social lapse - English Only forum
such a lapse would have vaished. - English Only forum
time-lapse of cloudscape - English Only forum
To have a memory lapse - English Only forum
within a seven-year lapse - English Only forum

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