gap

Meanings

Noun

• An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
• An opening allowing passage or entrance.
• An opening that implies a breach or defect.
• A vacant space or time.
• A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
• A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
• A mountain or hill pass.
• A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
• The regions between the outfielders.
• The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
• (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
• An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
• Alternative of gup

Verb

• To notch, as a sword or knife.
• To make an opening in; to breach.
• To check the size of a gap.
• To leave suddenly.

Related

Similar words

• break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure
• space
• col, neck, pass

Narrower meaning words

• air gap
• bomber gap
• credibility gap
• gender gap
• generation gap
• missile gap
• pay gap
• prime gap
• spark gap

Origin

• From Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap, related to Danish gab, Old English ġeap, Old Norse gapa; compare gape.