"Our young friend makes up for many obvious mental lacunæ by some measure of primitive common sense," remarked Challenger.
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Lacuna
//ləˈk(j)uː.nə//
Synonyms for "lacuna" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
Related word relations
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3 entriescoordinate
7 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пропуск noun (absent part in a book)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 缺文 noun (absent part in a book)
- 腔隙 noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
- 腔隙 noun (space between cells)
- 詞彙空缺 /词汇空缺 noun (language gap)
Czech
1 entries- propust noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
Dutch
2 entries- lacune noun (absent part in a book)
- taalhiaat noun (language gap)
Finnish
4 entries- aukko noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
- aukko noun (absent part in a book)
- lakuuni noun (space between cells)
- leksikaalinen aukko noun (language gap)
German
2 entries- Spalt noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
- lexikalische Lücke noun (language gap)
Greek
3 entries- κενό noun (absent part in a book)
- κενό noun (language gap)
- χάσμα noun (absent part in a book)
Ido
1 entries- lakuno noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
Latin
2 entries- lacūna noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
- lacūna noun (absent part in a book)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kelên noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lakune noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
- lakune noun (absent part in a book)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lakune noun ((anatomy) opening, pit, depression)
- lakune noun (absent part in a book)
Occitan
1 entries- lacuna lexicala noun (language gap)
Spanish
2 entries- laguna léxica noun (language gap)
- vacío léxico noun (language gap)
Swedish
2 entries- lakun noun (absent part in a book)
- lexikal lucka noun (language gap)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Long lacunae in this inscription make interpretation difficult.
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For Beatrice Nutter, there will always be conspicuous lacunae in our mutual understanding, but after almost 30 years here, the anomalies now delight rather than confound her.
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If the researcher cannot adequately hear a specific conversation due to its low volume or other acoustic interference, then this data point can be passed over with the understanding that such lacunae will be randomly distributed over the data collecting period.
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