lapse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/læps/

Verb

intransitive

(intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside. / (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy. / To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. / (intransitive) To become void.

Japanese Meaning

徐々に衰える、衰退する / 誤りや異端に陥る / 避けようとしていた悪い習慣に陥る / 無効になる、消滅する

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Without regular practice, her fluency may lapse over time.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

定期的に練習しないと、彼女の流暢さは時間とともに徐々に衰えることがある。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.

This perpetual disposition to shorten our words by retrenching the vowels, is nothing else but a tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.

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Sense（3）

To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.

Sense（4）

(intransitive) To become void.

Sense（5）

To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

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lapses

（ present singular third-person ）

lapsing

（ participle present ）

lapsed

（ participle past ）

lapsed

（ past ）

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