Elapse

Synonyms for "elapse" (50 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Verb(2 words)

go by pass

advance be all over be gone be past continue die disappear endure

Strong matches (15)

expire flit flow flow on fly glide go go by go on have run out intervene

Verb(4 words)

glide by go go along go past

Related words (25)

lapse last pass pass away pass by passage press on proceed roll roll on run run its course run on run out slide slip slip away slip by transpire

Verb(6 words)

lapse pass by roll on slide by slip away slip by

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

advance go on march on move on pass on progress

Related terms

1 entries

run its course

derived

4 entries

elapsed elapsing elapsion unelapsed

manner of

1 entries

advance

related to

5 entries

by lapse move pass relapse

Translations

37 translations across 20 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

διαγίγνομαι verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Arabic

1 entries

مَرَّ verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Asturian

1 entries

pasar verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

keçmək verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
ötmək verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Bulgarian

2 entries

измина́вам verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
изти́чам verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

過 /过 verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
過去 /过去 verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Esperanto

1 entries

pasi verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Finnish

3 entries

kulua verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
vieriä verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
vierähtää verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

French

2 entries

s'écouler verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
se passer verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

German

2 entries

vergehen verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
verrinnen verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Italian

1 entries

trascorrere verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Japanese

2 entries

経つ verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
過ぎる verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Korean

1 entries

지나가다 verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Polish

1 entries

upływać verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Portuguese

2 entries

passar verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
transcorrer verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Russian

4 entries

исте́чь verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
истека́ть verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
ми́нуть verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
минова́ть verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Spanish

2 entries

discurrir verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
transcurrir verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Swedish

3 entries

förgå verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
förlöpa verb ((of time) to pass or move by)
passera verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trôi qua verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Zazaki

1 entries

ravêren verb ((of time) to pass or move by)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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And so it was that I found myself that foggy November evening pursuing the Camberwell tram with my heart glowing within me, and with the eager determination that not another day should elapse before I should find some deed which was worthy of my lady.

Source: tatoeba (6622262)

Only an hour would elapse before all the water had evaporated.

Source: tatoeba (9032582)

There is no telling how much time will elapse between the moment the finished product leaves the brewery premises and the actual moment of its consumption.

Source: tatoeba (9659425)

He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Source: wiktionary

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