Synonym: blank, break, cleft, crevice, gulf, hole, opening, pass, rift. Similar words: agape, generation gap. Meaning: [gæp] n. 1. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures 2. an open or empty space in or between things 3. a narrow opening 4. a pass between mountain peaks 5. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations 6. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. v. make an opening or gap in.
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151. My excuse for the gap in my knowledge is that tufted ducks are rarely vocal except during the breeding period.
152. The housing directory will help bridge this gap - although the proposed legal aid cuts do cast a cloud over this.
153. The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap.
154. Questions to be explored include: How large is the gap between policy assumptions and social reality?
155. Diplomatic sources said the main question now is whether a formula can be found to bridge the gap on both issues.
156. Another obstacle to congressional effectiveness is the communication gap between the executive and legislative branches.
157. America's trade gap widened.
158. Today Pine Gap looks like an advance moon colony in the Sea of Tranquillity.
159. The gap between rich and poor is considerably smaller than in the United States.
160. The underlying assumption of the project is that certain computer-based experiences can help pupils bridge the gap between arithmetical and algebraic thinking.
161. Thunder exploded, roll after roll after roll, so that there seemed to be no gap between but only an incessant bombardment.
162. The first thing he saw through a gap between the huts was a cooking pot, a grey bulge in the dimness.
163. His passing leaves a sore gap in his family circle and in his wider circle of friends and acquaintances.
164. Even where deep affection remains unaltered, the gap between them often becomes a chasm as years go by.
165. So Monnens decided to try to bridge the gap between advertisers and Web sites.
166. In recent years, California sparkling wines have been closing the style gap as well.
167. And the gap which separated them from the bourgeois world was wide - and unbridgeable.
168. Although private funding has bridged much of this gap, declining ticket sales of 35 % have intensified financial pressures.
168. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and create good sentences.
169. With Lauda sidelined, the way was open for Hunt to close the gap even further.
170. I tried peeking down through a gap between the bamboo slats.
171. It also served as a useful stop gap exercise whilst the band started work on a new studio album.
172. Video teleconferencing seemed the obvious answer to span the communications gap.
173. The first is that this is a gap which must be filled by reference to the applicable law under general conflict-of-laws rules.
174. We shall not bridge that gap with particle accelerators in the foreseeable future!
175. Approximate synonyms, or else circumlocutions, are chosen to fill the gap.
176. Although the unemployment rate here is still below the national average the gap is closing.
177. This gap must be financed by borrowing or selling assets.
178. The current political climate in Washington does not suggest that government programs can be relied on to fill this training gap.
179. He is notable for closing the usual gap between commercial and personal work.
180. NTOs have come in for criticism for failing to make significant strides in plugging the skills gap.