e·lapse
e·lapse/əˈlaps/
verb
(of time) pass or go by.
"weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack"
synonyms: pass, go by/past, proceed, progress, advance, wear on, march on, slip by/away/past, roll by/past, glide by/past, slide by/past, steal by/past, tick by/past, fly by/past, creep by/past, crawl by/past
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Synonyms · break off · break up · cease · close · conclude · dead-end · determine · die · discontinue · end · expire · finish · go · halt · lapse · leave off ...
When we feel poignantly that time has elapsed, as when loved ones die, it constitutes the human perceptions of the passage and existence of time.
verb (used without object). , e·lapsed, e·laps·ing. (of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
A period of time elapsed and he received phone call. The Guardian (2018).
When time passes by, you say it elapses. Four years elapse while you are in high school. Nine months elapse while you are in the womb.
-ing form elapsing. /ɪˈlæpsɪŋ/ /ɪˈlæpsɪŋ/ jump to other results. if a period of time elapses, it passes synonym go by.
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Britannica Dictionary definition of ELAPSE. [no object] of time. : to pass by. Weeks elapsed [=passed] before he returned home.
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elapsed, elapses, elapsing. To slip by; pass. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms:
Verb. elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)
Used as a noun, lapse generally indicates an interruption, decline, or cessation. Examples:
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