elapsed

From the verb elapse: (⇒ conjugate)

elapsed is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•lapse /ɪˈlæps/   v. [no object] , e•lapsed, e•laps•ing. 

1. (of time) to slip or pass by:
   Too much time has elapsed since I last heard from you.

See -lap-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•lapse  (i laps′), v., e•lapsed, e•laps•ing, n. 
v.i. 

1. (of time) to slip or pass by:
   Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.

n. 

2. the passage or termination of a period of time;
   lapse.

• Latin ēlapsus (past participle of ēlābī to slip away), equivalent. to e- e- + lab- slip + -sus for -tus past participle suffix
• 1635–45

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elapse / ɪˈlæps/ verb

1. (intransitive) (of time) to pass by

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēlābī to slip away, from lābī to slip, glide