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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgæp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/gæp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(gap)

Inflections of 'gap' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
gaps
v 3rd person singular
gapping
v pres p
gapped
v past
gapped
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
gap /gæp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a break or opening:The animals escaped through a gap in the fence.
  2. an incomplete area:a gap in one's memory.
  3. a wide or great difference between things:a gap between the rich and the poor.
  4. a great or wide disparity in attitudes, ways of thinking or seeing, character, or development:a communications gap.
  5. ravine.
  6. Dialect Termsa mountain pass:the Cumberland Gap.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
gap  (gap),USA pronunciation n., v., gapped, gap•ping. 
n. 
  1. a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line;
    breach:We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
  2. an empty space or interval;
    interruption in continuity;
    hiatus:a momentary gap in a siren's wailing; a gap in his memory.
  3. a wide divergence or difference;
    disparity:the gap between expenses and income; the gap between ideals and actions.
  4. a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem:the technology gap; a communications gap.
  5. a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.
  6. Dialect Terms[Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.]a mountain pass:the Cumberland Gap.
  7. Aeronauticsthe distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it.

v.t. 
  1. to make a gap, opening, or breach in.

v.i. 
  1. to come open or apart;
    form or show a gap.
  • Old Norse gap chasm
  • Middle English 1350–1400
gap′less, adj. 
    2. pause, interstice, break, interlude, lull.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gap /ɡæp/ n
  1. a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc
  2. a break in continuity; interruption; hiatus: there is a serious gap in the accounts
  3. a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through
  4. chiefly US a gorge or ravine
  5. a divergence or difference; disparity: there is a gap between his version of the event and hers, the generation gap
    • a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit
  7. bridge a gap, close a gap, fill a gap, stop a gap ⇒ to remedy a deficiency
 vb (gaps, gapping, gapped)
  1. (transitive) to make a breach or opening in
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to gape, Swedish gap, Danish gab open mouth, openingˈgapless adj ˈgappy adj
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