Gap

Definition: Gap

Gap

Noun

1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures: "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs".

2. An open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall".

3. A narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack".

4. A pass between mountain peaks.

5. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks".

Verb

1. Make an opening or gap in.

Date "gap" was first used: 1261. (references)

Etymology: Gap \Gap\, noun. [Old English gap; compare to Icelandic gap an empty space, Swedish gap mouth, breach, abyss, Danish gab mouth, opening, Anglo-Saxon geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	GAP Groups Algorithms and Programming. A system for symbolic mathematics for computational discrete algebra, especially group theory, by Johannes Meier, Alice Niemeyer, Werner Nickel, and Martin Schonert of Aachen. GAP was designed in 1986 and implemented 1987. Version 2.4 was released in 1988 and version 3.1 in 1992. Sun version (ftp://ftp.math.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gap) ["GAP 3.3 Manual, M. Schonert et al, Lehrstuhl D Math, RWTH Aachen, 1993]. (1995-04-12). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Agriculture	Government Accountability Project. (references)
Bible	Gap a rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Electrical Engineering	The conduction region between two electrodes. Source: European Union. (references)
	A gap in the magnetic parts of a magnetic circuit. It is crossed by the flux lines and is short relative to the magnetic path length. Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	The space inside a reactor fuel rod that exists between the fuel pellet and the fuel rod cladding. (references)
Finance	The difference between the selling price asked by dealers in securities and the price at which they have bought them. Source: European Union. (references)
	A significant price movement of a security or commodity between two trading sessions, such that there is no overlap in the trading ranges for the two days; or sometimes, such that the second day's opening price is outside the first day's trading range. Source: European Union. (references)
	The difference between the dollar value of assets and liabilities with the same remaining term to maturity and repricing. The gap is usually expressed as a percentage of assets. (references)
Geography	Horizontal component of separation measured parallel to the strike of the strata, with the faulted bed absent from the measured interval. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	Any void in composite wood resulting from faulty manufacture or faulty bonding. Source: European Union. (references)
Mechanical Engineering	On a machine with a C-shaped frame, the distance between the tool centre and the upright. Source: European Union. (references)
Military & Defense	An area within a minefield or obstacle belt, free of live mines or obstacles, whose width and direction will allow a friendly force to pass through in tactical formation. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	In a fault, the horizontal component of separation measured parallel to the strike of the strata, with the faulted bed absent from the measuredinterval. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
GAP	Dutch	Goede landbouwpraktijk	Environment
GAP	English	Glial antiproliferating protein	N/A
GAP	French	Gestion actif-passif	Finance
GAP	German	Glyzerinaldehydphosphat	Chemical Industry, Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Gap

Synonyms: break (n), col (n), crack (n), disruption (n), interruption (n), opening (n), spread (n), breach (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: gapes (geography).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Defense	Stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one;s ground, stand one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.
Discontinuity	Noun: discontinuity; disjunction; anacoluthon; interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut; gap; (interval); solution of continuity, caesura; broken thread; parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork; intermission; alternation; (periodicity); dropping fire.
Imperfection	Fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw; (break); gap; twist; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish; weakness; half blood; shortcoming; drawback; seamy side.
Incompleteness	Missing piece, missing part, gap, hole, lacuna.
Interval	Noun: interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha.
Restoration	Repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair; retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up; darn, finedraw, heelpiece; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Over-the-calf socks look better when you're dressed because there's no gap between trouser and sock when you cross your legs (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) In your pamphlet, there's a huge gap between 1939 and 1945 (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Once again I teeter at the precipice of the generation gap. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Its from The Gap! (Save the Last Dance; writing credit: Duane Adler) Well, you must admit there's a bit of a gap between your ages (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)
Lyrics	And leave a lot of people with a gap tooth smile (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris) And cross a culture and generation age gap (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)
Clever	The gap between advice and help is very wide. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Kolt 15 GAP (1971) The Generation Gap (1969) Bridge That Gap (1965) The Days of Whiskey Gap (1961) Ruggles of Red Gap (1959)
Song Titles	YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME (performing artist: Gap Band ) Don’t Give In to Him (performing artist: Gary Pucket and the Union Gap) Lady Willpower (performing artist: Gary Puckett and The Union Gap) Over You (performing artist: Gary Puckett and The Union Gap) This Girl Is a Woman Now (performing artist: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The Gap, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	TONG YANG MERCHANT BANK: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) TAISEI PREFAB CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) POLYGRAM N.V.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) POLYHEDRON HOLDINGS PLC: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) POLYPHASE CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Closing The Gap (reference) Closing The Gap Resource Directory (reference) Gap Matters (reference) Goat Gap Gazette (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Ruggles of Red Gap (reference) The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Best of the Gap Band (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	3842 Smp 600cps 110/220v 12cpi 18 Wire Auto Head Gap Ser/par (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Route of 17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion through England and France 17th FAOB landed one day after D-Day Engaged at Falaise Gap in France, marched through Paris. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Closing the Falaise Gap Lieutenant Colonel Earle Deily of the 17th FAOB joins up with Canadian unit Front page of New York Times, August 1944. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Water gap in stream for cattle, Jefferson County, MT. Credit: Gary Kramer.		Remaining structureat the Gap Ranch "CCC" camp near Riley, Oregon. Credit: Unknown.
	Vollmer's Tiger Lily (Lilium vollmeri) found near the Goolaway Gap, which is the head of West Fork Trail Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle.		Spring Beauty, also called the Western Spring Beauty, (Claytonia lancelota) near Goolaway Gap. Credit: Terry Tuttle.
	California Cone Flower (Rudbeckia californica) near Goolaway Gap, the head of West Fork Evans Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle.		Five-Finger Fern (Adiantum aleuticum) near Goolaway Gap. Credit: Terry Tuttle.
	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Credit: NPS.		Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Credit: NPS.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Bubble; pop; future; space; science fiction; breach; bare; break in; break out; broach; burst; bust in; come apart; crack; disclose; display; disrupt; expand; expose; fissure; free; gap; gape; hole; jimmy; kick in; lacerate; lance; penetrate; perforate; p.		Yawn; tired; exhausted; catch flies; divide; doze; drowse; expand; gap; gape; give; nap; part; sleep; snooze; spread; yaw; yawp; apathy; detachment; disgust; distaste; doldrums; dullness; ennui; fatigue; flatness; incuriosity; indifference; irksomeness; j.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Aesop	A huge gap appeared in the side of the mountain. At last a tiny mouse came forth.
Nadine Gordimer	The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Then he entered through a gap in the fence into the inclosure of the elephant, and helped the (r)momes to crawl through the breach
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	They climbed into the high country of Arizona, and through a gap they looked down on the Painted Desert
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Scientists have demonstrated that GAP proteins play a significant role in tumor suppression in certain cancers. (references)
		One portion of this protein is similar to a family of proteins called GAP (guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein). (references)
		It reduces the gap that may grow between parents when one becomes much more actively involved in the treatment than the other. (references)
Business		Typically, there is a distinct gap between local and foreign advertising firms. (references)
		The economic gap between Portugal and the rest of the European Union is closing. (references)
		Franchising has the benefit of filling a yawing gap of management talent in the market. (references)
Children	India	A significant gender gap exists in school attendance, particularly at the secondary level. (references)
	Ghana	Enrollment of women at the university level increased by 5 percent between 1993 and 1998. A 1997 country report by the Ghana National Commission on Children further substantiated the gap between enrollment of boys and girls, particularly at the high school level. (references)
	Ghana	In September 1999, the Government estimated that girls' enrollment in primary school had increased from 75 percent in 1992 to 81 percent in 1997. According to published estimates, at the primary and junior secondary level, male enrollment is between 3 and 10 percent higher than female enrollment, and the gap significantly is greater at the senior secondary school level. (references)
Civil Liberties	Hong Kong	The Hong Kong Journalists Association noted in its annual report on press freedom that the SCMP since Lam's departure had continued to report on sensitive China issues, but lamented the paper's "cessation" of reporting on internal political maneuvering within the top Chinese leadership and the possible effect that this reporting gap might have on both the mainland and Hong Kong. (references)
Economic History	Bangladesh	Foreign assistance and commercial imports fill the gap. (references)
	Tunisia	AS A RESULT, THE OVERALL TRADE GAP WIDENED FROM 2630.2 MILLION USD TO 2717.3 MILLION USD. (references)
Human Rights	Brazil	The Sao Paulo state police ombudswoman received 486 complaints of torture (encompassing such acts as abuse of authority, aggression, and attempted homicide, as well as torture) through the first 8 months of the year, compared with 935 in 2000. In the sub-category of torture, the Ombudsman reported receiving 73 complaints during the year, compared with 148 in 2000. The decline in reported complaints largely is due to the fact that insufficient resources and staffing (including a 5-month gap in approving appointment of the Ombudsman) impaired functioning of the Ombudsman's office during the year. (references)
Minorities	Seychelles	The education gap between Creoles and citizens of white or Asian origin continued to narrow. (references)
	Brazil	Some educational institutions and official entities have instituted programs to narrow the educational gap between blacks and whites. (references)
Political Economy	INDONESIA	The gap in FY-2002 is targeted at approximately 2.5 percent of GDP. (references)
	TAIWAN	Taiwan's central authorities now rely largely on domestic bonds and bank loans to finance the fiscal gap. (references)
	Jamaica	In 2000 annual per capita income was $2,630, but there is a large gap between the wealthy and the impoverished. (references)
Trade	Indonesia	There remains a large gap between the letter of a particular regulation and the reality. (references)
	Pakistan	Foreign banks are subject to higher withholding taxes than Pakistani banks, but this gap is gradually being closed. (references)
	Turkey	However, given the continuing gap between Turkey's extensive needs and its limited internal resources, external financing of public and private project investment will be a crucial factor in this and coming years. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	There is a 20,000 housing unit gap for the city of Abidjan every year, and the Ivoirian government has recently launched a bid for three projects of 4,000 housing units each. (references)
Women	Czech Republic	Women's median wages lag behind those of men by roughly 20 percent, although the gap is narrowing. (references)
	Switzerland	A 2000 study found that discriminatory behavior by employers accounts for 60 percent of the overall wage gap between men and women. (references)
Worker Rights	Russia	However, a gap in the law, which fails to establish the employer's legal identity, often makes collective agreements ineffective. (references)
	Guatemala	It also reported a significant gap between the problems regarding workers' rights and the resources applied by the Government to solving these problems. (references)
	United Kingdom	The national minimum wage does not provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family; however, other benefits of the welfare state fill the gap. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	This gap between the rich and the poor is a myth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	But unless the rapid growth of population in developing countries is slowed, the gap between rich and poor will widen steadily.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	We have devoted five years trying to narrow a dangerous gap born of illusion and neglect.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Today's income gap is largely a skills gap.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Gap" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.73% of the time. "Gap" is used about 3,331 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.73%	3,322	2,881
Noun (proper)	0.27%	9	117,287
Total	100.00%	3,331	N/A

Country	Name
USA	The Gap, Inc.
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1. Gap, PA (CDP, FIPS 28376)
Location: 39.98894 N, 76.02423 W
Population (1990): 1226 (490 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 17527
Country: USA

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Expressions: Gap

Expressions using "gap": Air gap ♦ arrester consisting of a horned spark gap ♦ band gap ♦ big Stone Gap ♦ bone Gap ♦ bridge a gap ♦ bridge the gap ♦ buffalo Gap ♦ bulls Gap ♦ caddo Gap ♦ column gap ♦ communication gap ♦ communications gap ♦ Cove Gap ♦ Cranfills Gap ♦ credibility gap ♦ Cumberland Gap ♦ Deep Gap ♦ Delaware Water Gap ♦ depth of gap ♦ dollar gap ♦ dry gap ♦ dry gap bridge ♦ Emigrant Gap ♦ energy gap ♦ Ex ante financing gap ♦ exchange rate gap ♦ external trade gap ♦ Fancy Gap ♦ fill a gap ♦ Foliar gap ♦ forbidden energy gap ♦ gap 1 phase ♦ gap 2 period ♦ gap dynamics ♦ gap fault ♦ gap filler radar ♦ gap frame ♦ Gap Junctions ♦ Gap lathe ♦ gap marker ♦ Gap Mills ♦ gender gap ♦ generation gap ♦ horizontal gap ♦ inflationary gap ♦ interrecord gap ♦ jacksons gap ♦ Jacksons' Gap ♦ Judith Gap ♦ Letter Gap ♦ monetary gap ♦ Mortons Gap ♦ nosebar gap ♦ Payne Gap ♦ Pecan Gap ♦ Pennington Gap ♦ Pleasant Gap ♦ Pond Gap ♦ price gap ♦ primary gap ♦ projected gap length ♦ purged gap ♦ Rabun Gap ♦ record gap ♦ Roaring Gap ♦ Rocky Gap ♦ sedimentary gap ♦ semantic gap ♦ Shade Gap ♦ Shelby Gap ♦ spark gap ♦ stand in the gap ♦ stop a gap ♦ supply a gap ♦ technological gap ♦ To stand in the gap ♦ To stop a gap ♦ tolerable gap between vehicles ♦ tooth gap ♦ trade balance gap ♦ trade gap ♦ union gap ♦ vehicular gap ♦ water gap ♦ wind gap. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "gap": GAP-43 Protein, gap-filler, gap-filling, gap-hunt, gap-length, gap-phase, gap-ridden, gap-spacer, gap-toothed, gap-wearing, gap-weight.
	Ending with "gap": air-gap, generation-gap, time-gap.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gap

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
gap	16,303	gap park rocky state	91
baby gap	1,738	rocky gap	87
gap clothing	1,234	gap year	86
gap kid	1,215	big stone gap virginia	81
gap maternity	595	baby gap kid new,nwt	80
gap outlet	544	gap outlet store	71
delaware water gap	539	gap body	70
gap coupon	374	anion gap	69
deal gap	368	pennington gap virginia	64
the gap store	305	wind gap pa	63
gap insurance	244	gap jean	63
band gap	217	delaware water gap pennsylvania	62
gap inc	214	gap coupon code	61
cumberland gap	141	generation gap	57
spark plug gap	140	gap pa	56
canada gap	140	fort indiantown gap	53
gap online	134	gap model	51
mind the gap	118	the gap clothing store	50
gap com	111	advertising gap general	48
gap clothes	95	gap commercial	44
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Gap

Language		Translations for "gap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		grykë (defile, gizzard, gob, inlet, jaw, jaws, lip, maw, mouth, muzzle, neck, neckband, nose, nozzle, orifice, outfall, ravine, spout, throat, vent), gërricje (burst, fracture, rupture, scrape, scratch, split), zbrazëti (emptiness, hiatus, inanimation, vacuity, vacuum, void), vrimë (aperture, bore, dump, ear, excavation, eye, eyehole, eyelet, hole, leak, mesh, mortise, mouth, notch, notching, nozzle, open, opening, orifice, Peck, perforation, pinhole, prick, puncture, recession, rent, shell-hole, slit, slot, tear, vent, venthole), vështrim i habitur (stare), shteg (aisle, alley, approach, course, footpath, footway, gangway, Lane, loophole, pass, path, pathway, ride, trace, track, trackway, trail, way), mospërputhje (clash, discrepancy, incongruity, inconsistency, variance), hendek (channel, chasm, dike, ditch, Fosse, gutter, kerb, moat, trench), hapje goje, boshllëk (blank, clearance, emptiness, hiatus, Lacuna, space, vac, vacancy, void, white), çarje (break, breaking, cleavage, cleft, cut, dissection, fissure, fracture, gulf, incision, opening, orifice, rent, rift, slash, split, splitting, wedge). (various references)

Arabic		خَلَل (flaw), ‏فلجنة, ‏فتحة (aperture, breach, manhole, niche, opening, orifice, overture, porthole, slash, slit, slot, vent), ‏فجوة (aperture, breach, break, cavity, chamber, chasm, crack, crevasse, crevice, discontinuity, fissure, hiatus, hole, lacuna, opening), ‏فرجة الشرارة, ‏فرجة (crack, crevice, fissure, interstice), ‏فراغ (air, blank, completion, emptiness, finishing, free time, idleness, inane, inanity, leisure, nothingness, space, spare time, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void), ‏ممر ضيق (couloir, defile, gat, gate, gorge, gut), ‏ممر جبلي, ‏نقص (allow, cut, cut down, decrease, deficiency, depress, deprivation, detract, diminish, diminution, disadvantage, drawback, failing, famish, flaw, imperfection, incompetence, insufficiency, knock off, lack, lessen, limit, lower, paucity, rareness, reduce, reduction, retrench, revocation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, thin), ‏حدث فجوة في, ‏عجز (balk, buttock, decrepitude, deficiency, disability, emasculation, failure, famine, inability, incapability, incapacitate, incompetence, infirmity, paralyse, paralysis, paralyze, poorness, posterior, rump, shortage), ‏إنقطاع في التسلسل, ‏إنشق (break up, cleave, crack, fissure, rip, rive, splinter, split). (various references)

Bulgarian		клисура (couloir, defile, draw, gorge, narrow, neck, notch, opening, ravine), несъответствие (disagreement, discordance, discrepancy, disparity, dissonance, inadequacy, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inconformity, incongruity, nonconformity, unconformity), бездна (abysm, abyss, chasm, depths, gulf, precipice, the deep), пролука (aperture, chink, crack, cranny, flaw, leak, rent, slot), пролом (breach, gorge, narrow, ravine), пропуск (blank, countersign, flaw, lapse, negligence, omission, out, oversight, pass, permit, pretermission, protection, safe conduct, skip, slip, slip up), правя дупка (hole), празно място (space, vacancy, white), празнина (blank, cavity, hiatus, hollow, vacancy), пауза (break, interact, intermission, interregnum, interval, pause, rest, stop, time off, time out), дупка (cavity, chamber, delve, dump, earth, hole, hutch, leak, mesh, opening, perforation, pit, pore, rent, scoop, tear, vent), дефиле (defile, opening, pass, ravine). (various references)

Chinese		間隔 (compartment, interval), 空白點 (empty space), 空白 (BLANK, Blanks, lacuna, Lacunae, Lacunas), 差距 (disparity). (various references)

Czech		trhlina (breach, chink, cleft, crack, crevasse, crevice, gash, Lacuna, rent, rift, rip, rupture, snag, split, tear), skulina (chink, cranny, leak, loophole, peephole, slit), prùrva (chasm, gash), pausa (intermission), otvor (aperture, bore, hole, opening, orifice, vent), mezera (blank, breach, break, hiatus, interval, space, vacancy), interval (interval, span), díra (backwater, burrow, hole, joint, leak, pit, puncture, rip, split, tear, vent). (various references)

Danish		gap (interrecord gap, record gap), udladningsstrækning, udhæng (depth of gap, depth of throat, flare, throat, throat capacity, throat depth, throat depth clearance, throat to centre of spindle, to project, to protrude), spillerum (rock), spalte (crack, crevice, split), revne (burst, check, check produced in cutting, cleft, crack, fissure, fracture, leak through the dike, leak through the dyke, leak through the embankment, piping, shake, small crack, split, tear), overlapsgab, mellemrum (diastasis, interrecord gap, interstice, interval, pitch, record gap, space, space character, spacing, spatium, transitional space), luftspalte (air gap), korridor (corridor, passage), fissura (cleft, crack, fissure), fissur (fissure), afstand (distance, offset), åbning i minefelt. (various references)

Dutch		opening (aperture, breach, jaws, maw, opening), gaping (breach, crack, crevice), bres (breach). (various references)

Esperanto		hiato, breĉo (breach). (various references)

Faeroese		skarð (breach, notch), op (aperture, breach, opening), lið (breach, side, team). (various references)

Farsi		وقفه (Abeyance, Break, Caesura, Cease, Chasm, Deadlock, Hiatus, Interval, Jib, Paralysis, Pause, Standstill, Station, Stick, Suspension), جای باز, اختلاف زیاد, رخنه (Breach, Chink, Crack, Influx, Leak), شکافدارکردن (Gash), دهنه (Bit, Jet, Line, Muzzle), درز (Crevice, Interstice, Peephole, Seam, Slit, Suture). (various references)

Finnish		väli (distance, intermediate, interval, space), aukko (aperture, blank, breach, break, opening). (various references)

French		vide, brèche, écart. (various references)

German		lücke (blank, breach, break, hiatus, hole, loophole, opening, scuttle, space, vacancy), zwischenraum (blank, clearance, interstice, interval, space), spalte (break, chasm, chink, cleavage, cleft, col, column, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, fissure, fudge, hole, pillar, rift), spalt (chink, clefts, crack, crevice, fissure, opening, rift, split), bresche (breach), abstand (desistance, difference, displacement, distance, indemnity, interval, offset, space, spacing). (various references)

Greek		κενό (blank, hiatus, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void), χάσμα (air gap, chasm, gulf, hiatus, rift). (various references)

Hebrew		מפער (glade), מרוח (clearance, distance, gauge, latitude, respite, room, smeared, space, span, spread), פער (disparity, opening), פרץ (breach, breakthrough, prise), פרצה (breach, loophole, opening, vent), בדק (breach, check up, examination, examine, repair), רוח (distance, interval, margin, space). (various references)

Hungarian		nyílás (aperture, hatch, hatchway, hiatus, lip, mouth, muzzle, opening, orifice, placket, placket-hole, port, recess, slit, sluice outlet, spread, vent), hézag (airspace, backlash, clearance, flaw, hiatus, interstice, Lacuna, leak, missing link, scupper, slack, yawn). (various references)

Indonesian		renggang, lowongan (vacancy), lembah (dale, dell, glen, hollow, vale, valley), jurang pemisah, celah (aperture, chink, cleft, crevice, fissure, rift, slit, slot, space). (various references)

Italian		intervallo (break, interlude, intermission, Interspace, interval, lapse, range, recess, snatch, space, span, spell, time lag), divario (difference, discrepancy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		空隙 (aperture, opening, vacant space), 切目 (break, cut, end, incision, interruption, notch, pause, rift, section), ギターの弦 (boy, fee paid to performing artists, gadget bag, gag, gal, gallery, gammon, gather, gathered skirt, gibberellin, gift, gift card, gift certificate, gift check, gift coupon, gift package, gift shop, gimmick, give up, give-and-take, guarantee, guignol, Guiness Book of Records, guitar amplifier, guitar magazine, guitar string, guitar synthesizer, guitarist, gypsum, kind of Indian spice, male waiter, teenage mother), 山峡 (gorge, ravine), 溝 (10^38, ditch, drain, gutter, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion), 溝 1 (ditch, drain, gutter), 切れ目 (break, cut, end, incision, interruption, notch, pause, rift, section), ずる賢い (hastily, impetuously, petty, rapidly, slippage, sly, small-minded, stingy, to badger, to slide, to slip off), 隙間 (crack, crevice, opening), 絶え間 (interval), 間隙 , 透き (chance or opportunity, chink, interval), 透き間 (crack, crevice, opening), 隔たり (difference, distance, estrangement, interval), 隙 (chance or opportunity, chink, interval), 溝 2 (ditch, drain, gutter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たえま (interval), すきま (crack, crevice, opening), すき (chance or opportunity, chink, elegant pursuits, emptiness, fondness, interval, liking, love, plough, refined taste, room, spade, time to spare, vacant), ずれ (slippage), くうげき (aperture, opening, vacant space), きれめ (break, cut, end, incision, interruption, notch, pause, rift, section), さんきょう (bridge, gorge, jetty, pier, ravine, Shinto and Buddhism and Confucianism, wharf), どぶ (ditch, drain, gutter), かんげき (deep emotion, impression, inspiration, theatre-going), ギャップ , やまかい (gorge, ravine), げき (appeal, chance or opportunity, chink, circular, drama, interval, manifesto, play), みぞ (ditch, drain, gutter, right hand side), へだたり (difference, distance, estrangement, interval). (various references)

Korean		간격 (interval, spacing, thickness). (various references)

Manx		faanys (breach, breach in hedge, faun), doarlish (breach, break, opening), baarney (deficit, inroad, interlude, interstice, slash), anchaslys (difference, discrepancy, distinction). (various references)

Norwegian		kløft (gully, ravine), hull (hole), åpning (aperture). (various references)

Pig Latin		apgay.(various references)

Portuguese		fenda (aperture, breach, chap, chink, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, fracture, hiatus, leak, pit, rent, rift, rip, slit, split), intervalo (break, discontinuity, distance, hiatus, interact, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interval, letup, lull, parenthesis, pause, recess, respite, rest, time-out), hiato (chasm, hiatus, yawn), brecha (breach, burst, hack, hiatus, rent, rift), abertura (access, aperture, bay, breach, cage, candor, candour, chink, crevice, hack, highroad crossing, hole, jaws, loophole, maw, opening, openness, overture, passage, rent, rift, slit, slot, splay, stoma, vent, window, yawn). (various references)

Romanian		gol (abyss, bald, bare, bare-bodied, barren, blank, blankness, desert, deserted, empty, genuine, hollow, hollowness, inanity, leafless, naked, nakedly, nude, out at, shallow, stripped, uncovered, vacancy, vacuum, void, waste, windy), gaurã (aperture, burrow, cave, cavity, den, earth, eyelet, hole, hollow, loop, opening, orifice, pink, vent), spãrturã (blank, breach, break, chasm, cranny, flaw, leak, rent), lipsã (absence, blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, demerit, destitution, drawback, failure, fault, hardship, imperfection, lack, minus, mistake, necessity, neediness, out, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, shortcoming, stinginess, stringency, vice, want), lacunã (blank, chasm, hiatus, Lacuna), interval (aisle, distance, headway, interregnum, Interspace, interval, lapse, pause, space, space bar, while), fereastrã (bay, light, window), deschizãturã (aperture, breach, eyehole, hole, loophole, louver, mouth, opening, orifice, out, slit, vent), decalaj (advance, difference, disparty, odds), chei (embankment, fountain, gorge, jetty, levee, mole, opening, pier, quay, wharf), cãscãturã (opening), breşã (breach, break). (various references)

Russian		брешь (breach). (various references)

Scottish		bealach (a pass, Balloch, defile, pass), bèarn (breach, notch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rupa (burrow, chuck-hole, hole, pit, pothole), raskorak (discrepancy), pukotina (cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, leak, rent, seam), međuprostor (intermedium, interspace, lacuna). (various references)

Spanish		brecha (breach, crevasse, gash, hole, opening). (various references)

Swedish		gap (abyss, chasm, gape, gulf, jaws, maw, mouth, muzzle, opening, precipice, yawn), mellanrum (interstice, interval, separation, space, spaces, spacing), lucka (blank, counter, door, hatch, hatchway, hiatus, hole, Lacuna, opening, scuttle, shutter, slot, wicket, window), klyfta (chasm, cleft, fissure, gorge, gully, ravine, section, segment), bräsch (breach). (various references)

Thai		ช่องว่าง, ทำให้ห่าง, หุบเขาลึก (ravine), ความแตกต่าง (diff, difference, divergence). (various references)

Turkish		geçit (access, aisle, alley, alleyway, causeway, close, corridor, crossing, crossover, gangway, gate, gateway, gorge, gullet, gut, parade, pass, passage, passageway, runway, Strait, thoroughfare, vestibule, walkway), uçurum (abysm, abyss, bluff, chasm, cliff, crag, gulf, precipice, scarp, steep), fark (cachet, contradistinction, difference, differentiation, disparity, distinction, distinctness, odds, variation), boşluk (abysm, abyss, antrum, backlash, blank, blankness, cavity, chamber, chasm, clear, clearance, daylight, desideratum, emptiness, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, idleness, inanition, Lacuna, nothingness, nullity, separation, sinus, slack, slackness, space, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, voidness), ayrılık (clash, difference, disagreement, dissentient, dissimilarity, divorce, faction, parting, separation, standoff), aralık (ajar, aperture, crack, daylight, Dec, December, gangway, half-open, hiatus, Interspace, interstice, interval, Lacuna, rift, separation, space, spacing, time), ara (break, breather, breathing space, bye-, cessation, chasm, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, distance, interim, interlocutory, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, interregnum, interruption, Interspace, interval, lull, mediate, meso-, recess, recessional, recreation, respite, secondary, space, spacing, spread, stand down, surcease, time lag, time out, truce, 'tween), açıklık (aperture, baldness, berth, clarity, clearance, clearness, definiteness, demonstrativeness, directness, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, erectness, evidence, fairness, interstice, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, manifestness, obviousness, openness, palpability, patency, perspicuity, plainness, preciseness, publicity, rift, roundness, space, spread, straightforwardness, the open, vacancy, yard). (various references)

Ukrainian		прогалина (balk, blank, chasm, non-sequence, vacuum, void), проміжок (clearance, in between, interstice, space), пролом (breach, break), пробіл (hiatus, white). (various references)

Vietnamese		lấp chỗ thiếu sót, lỗ hổng (aperture), kẽ hở chỗ trống, chỗ gián đoạn. (various references)

Welsh		bwlch (aperture, notch, pass), agendor (abyss, gulf), adwy (breach, pass). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Gap

Language	Date	Source	Ezekiel Chapter 22, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ezhtoun ex autwn andra anastrefomenon orqwV kai estwta pro proswpou mou oloscerwV en kairw thV ghV tou mh eiV teloV exaleiyai authn kai ouc euron
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et quaesivi de eis virum qui interponeret sepem et staret oppositus contra me pro terra ne dissiparem eam et non inveni
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Y souyte `of hem a man, that shulde bitwene putte an hegge, and stonde sette euen ayens me fro the loond, leste Y shulde distruye it, and Y foond not.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Gap

Language	Ezekiel Chapter 22, Verse 30
Cebuano	Ug gipangita ko ang tawo sa ilang taliwala, nga makatukod sa kuta ug makatindog sa nakal-angan sa atubangan nako alang sa yuta, aron dili ko malaglag kini; apan ako walay hingpalgan.
Croatian	Tražio sam meðu njima nekoga da podigne zidine i stane na proboje preda me u obranu zemlje, da je ne zatrem, i ne naðoh nikoga.
Danish	Jeg søgte iblandt dem efter en, der vilde bygge en Mur og stille sig i Gabet for mit Åsyn til Værn for Landet, at jeg ikke skulde ødelægge det; men jeg fandt ingen.
Dutch	Ik zocht nu een man uit hen, die den muur mocht toemuren, en voor Mijn aangezicht in de bresse staan voor het land, opdat Ik het niet mocht verderven; maar Ik vond niemand.
Finnish	Minä etsin heidän joukostansa miestä, joka korjaisi muurin ja seisoisi muurinaukossa minun edessäni maan puolesta, etten minä sitä hävittäisi, mutta en löytänyt.
French	Je cherche parmi eux un homme qui élève un mur, qui se tienne à la brèche devant moi en faveur du pays, afin que je ne le détruise pas; mais je n`en trouve point.
German	Ich suchte unter ihnen, ob jemand sich zur Mauer machte und wider den Riß stünde vor mir für das Land, daß ich's nicht verderbte; aber ich fand keinen.
Hungarian	És keresék közülök valakit, a ki falat falazna, és állana a törésen én elõmbe az országért, hogy el ne pusztítsam azt; de senkit nem találék.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Di antara orang Israel itu, Aku mencari orang yang dapat mendirikan tembok, atau berdiri di tempat-tempat yang tembok-temboknya runtuh untuk mempertahankan negeri itu apabila Aku hendak menghancurkannya dalam luapan kemarahan-Ku; namun tak seorang pun yang Kutemukan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka di antaranya Kucahari akan seorang yang membangunkan pagar tembok, dan yang berdiri di celah pagar di hadapan hadirat-Ku akan baiknya negeri itu, supaya jangan Aku membinasakan dia, tetapi akan seorangpun tiada Kudapati.
Italian	Io ho cercato fra loro un uomo che costruisse un muro e si ergesse sulla breccia di fronte a me, per difendere il paese perché io non lo devastassi, ma non l'ho trovato.
Maori	I te rapu ano ahau i te tangata i roto i a ratou hei hanga i te taiepa, hei tu ki te wahi pakaru ki toku aroaro mo te whenua, hei mea kei whakangaromia e ahau: heoi kihai i kitea.
Norwegian	Jeg søkte blandt dem efter en mann som vilde mure op en mur og stille sig i gapet for mitt åsyn til vern for landet, så jeg ikke skulde ødelegge det; men jeg fant ingen.
Portuguese	E busquei dentre eles um homem que levantasse o muro, e se pusesse na brecha perante mim por esta terra, para que eu não a destruísse; porém a ninguém achei.
Rumanian	Caut printre ei un om care sq knalye un zid, wi sq stea kn mijlocul spqrturii knaintea Mea pentru yarq, ca sq n`o nimicesc; dar nu gqsesc niciunul!
Spanish	Busqué entre ellos un hombre que levantara el muro y que se pusiese en la brecha delante de mí, intercediendo por la tierra para que yo no la destruyera; pero no lo hallé.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gap

Derivations
	Words beginning with "gap": gape, gaped, gaper, gapers, gapes, gapeseed, gapeseeds, gapeworm, gapeworms, gaping, gapingly, gaposis, gaposises, gapped, gappier, gappiest, gapping, gappy, gaps, gapy. (additional references)
	Words ending with "gap": medigap, stopgap. (additional references)
	Words containing "gap": agapae, agapai, agapanthus, agapanthuses, agape, agapeic, medigaps, megaparsec, megaparsecs, megaphone, megaphoned, megaphones, megaphonic, megaphoning, megapod, megapode, megapodes, megapods, megaproject, megaprojects, stopgaps, zygapophyses, zygapophysis. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Gap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agap, agj, agop, agp, agpc, bapp, cgip, egap, egip, gaap, gac, Gadp, gah, gai, gaj, gak, galp, Gampa, Gamph, gao, Gapdh, gapi, Gapl, gapp, Gappa, Gapr, gapt, gaq, garp, gaup, gav, gaw, gax, gaz, gdp, geap, gelp, geop, gep, Gepp, gept, gerp, gfa, giop, Gip, gipy, glap, gma, Gmap, gmp, gnap, gop, gopi, gorp, gpa, gpi, grap, grp, gsp, gta, guap, guapa, guapo, gup, gupi, gupp, gurp, gwa, Gxa. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gap"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "gap" (pronounced ga"p)
2	-a" p	cap, chap, clap, crap, entrap, flap, frap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, unwrap, wrap, yap, Zap.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Gap

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-p"
	-1 letter: ag, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-p"
	+1 letter: gamp, gape, gaps, gapy, gasp, gawp, page, pang, peag.
	+2 letters: agape, aping, galop, gamps, gaped, gaper, gapes, gappy, gasps, gawps, gramp, grape, graph, grapy, grasp, pagan, paged, pager, pages, pagod, panga, pangs, parge, pargo, peage, peags, phage, plage, prang, spang, sprag.
	+3 letters: agapae, agapai, apogee, apolog, dognap, gallop, galops, gapers, gaping, gapped, gasped, gasper, gawped, gawper, gazump, giddap, gramps, grapes, grapey, graphs, grappa, grasps, hangup, japing, lapdog, magilp, magpie, pacing, padnag, pagans, pagers, paging, pagoda, pagods, paling, pangas, panged, pangen, parang, parged, parges, parget, pargos, paring, paving, pawing, paying, peages, pelage, penang, phages, pinang, pipage, plagal, plages, plague, plaguy, potage, prangs, ragtop, raping, sparge, sprags, sprang, taping, upgaze.
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