elapse
/ɪˈlæps/verb
उच्चारण इलैप्स
(समय का) बीतना, गुज़रना
Advanced word
verb
- 1
[I] formal
(of time) to pass
(समय का) बीतना, गुज़रना
- Three years have elapsed since the accident.
- Forty minutes elapsed before the ambulance arrived.
Synonyms pass go by slip away
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
pass go by slip away
?Which word?
Do not confuse elapse (of time, to pass) and lapse (to end or become invalid, or a small mistake).
Elapse (समय का बीतना) और lapse (समाप्त या अमान्य हो जाना, या छोटी भूल) में confuse न करें।
§Grammar and usage
Elapse is intransitive and its subject is time, so say 'Two years have elapsed', not 'We elapsed two years'.
Grammar: elapse intransitive है और इसका subject समय होता है, इसलिए 'Two years have elapsed' सही है, 'We elapsed two years' गलत है।