Lapse
/læps/noun
A short period of time in which something becomes worse or something is not done.
In a moment of lapse, she forgot her keys inside the car
Often appears as...
- momentary lapse
- memory lapse
noun
An end of something that was previously available.
After the lapse of few days, she realized her mistake
Often appears as...
- lapse of time
- lapse of contract
verb
To end, typically gradually or by being unnoticed.
His attention lapsed and he missed the important point in the discussion
Often appears as...
- attention lapsed
- lapsed into silence
verb
To go back to an older and often worse condition.
After being sober for one year, he lapsed back into drinking
Often appears as...
- lapsed into habit
- lapsed into old ways
noun
A short period of time in which something becomes worse or something is not done.
In a moment of lapse, she forgot her keys inside the car
Often appears as...
- momentary lapse
- memory lapse
noun
An end of something that was previously available.
After the lapse of few days, she realized her mistake
Often appears as...
- lapse of time
- lapse of contract
verb
To end, typically gradually or by being unnoticed.
His attention lapsed and he missed the important point in the discussion
Often appears as...
- attention lapsed
- lapsed into silence
verb
To go back to an older and often worse condition.
After being sober for one year, he lapsed back into drinking
Often appears as...
- lapsed into habit
- lapsed into old ways
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Decline
Use 'lapse' to describe a brief decline in quality or performance.
The pianist’s lapse during the concert was hardly noticed.
Pro Tip 2/2Short Inactivity
'Lapse' implies a brief pause in activity or attention, often leading to a mistake.
A lapse in focus caused the athlete to miss the shot.
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How to tame your...
is we have them take a series of attention tests. We track their attention at the beginning of some kind of high-stress interval, and then two months later, we track them again, and we want to see if there's a difference. Is there any benefit of offering them mindfulness training? Can we protect against the lapses in attention
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James Balog: Time-lapse...
Now we turn on our time lapse. This camera was shooting every hour. Geologic process in action here. And everybody says, well don't they advance in the winter time? No. It was retreating through the winter because it's an unhealthy glacier. Finally catches up to itself, it advances.
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Heather Barnett: What...
Slime mold grows at about one centimeter an hour, so it's not really ideal for live viewing unless there's some form of really extreme meditation, but through the time lapse, I could observe some really interesting behaviors. For instance, having fed on a nice pile of oats,
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How menopause affects...
Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free. We associate menopause with the ovaries, but when women say that they're having hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression, anxiety,
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Filming Antarctica's...
might be able to film this so the clock was ticking winter is reaching down from the cold world above the guys came up utterly exhausted and we set it to run for an eight hour eight hour time lapse and we knew we then had to go away and the next day uh come back to
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Rory Sutherland:...
The second dog lapses into complete depression. The circumstances of our lives may actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives. It's an interesting question. We ask the question -- the whole debate in the Western world
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Perspective is...
exactly the same level of pain as the dog in the first box but it has no control over the circumstances generally the first dog can be relatively content the second dog lapses into complete depression the circumstances of our
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Watch: Decomposing...
understand what happens in the deep ocean when a dolphin lays to rest prior to this no one has ever done time lapse on deep-sea marine mammals hopefully these cameras are going to be
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Hidden miracles of the...
There is movement which is too slow for our eyes to detect, and time lapse makes us discover and broaden our perspective of life. We can see how organisms emerge and grow,
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
chipmunk cheeks Oh daydreaming most people think it's just idle reverie a lapse and attention but what if it's actually the habitual practice of imagining the practice of
Video examples
How to tame your...
is we have them take a series of attention tests. We track their attention at the beginning of some kind of high-stress interval, and then two months later, we track them again, and we want to see if there's a difference. Is there any benefit of offering them mindfulness training? Can we protect against the lapses in attention
Video examples
James Balog: Time-lapse...
Now we turn on our time lapse. This camera was shooting every hour. Geologic process in action here. And everybody says, well don't they advance in the winter time? No. It was retreating through the winter because it's an unhealthy glacier. Finally catches up to itself, it advances.
Video examples
Heather Barnett: What...
Slime mold grows at about one centimeter an hour, so it's not really ideal for live viewing unless there's some form of really extreme meditation, but through the time lapse, I could observe some really interesting behaviors. For instance, having fed on a nice pile of oats,
Video examples
How menopause affects...
Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free. We associate menopause with the ovaries, but when women say that they're having hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression, anxiety,
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
might be able to film this so the clock was ticking winter is reaching down from the cold world above the guys came up utterly exhausted and we set it to run for an eight hour eight hour time lapse and we knew we then had to go away and the next day uh come back to
Video examples
Rory Sutherland:...
The second dog lapses into complete depression. The circumstances of our lives may actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives. It's an interesting question. We ask the question -- the whole debate in the Western world
Video examples
Perspective is...
exactly the same level of pain as the dog in the first box but it has no control over the circumstances generally the first dog can be relatively content the second dog lapses into complete depression the circumstances of our
Video examples
Watch: Decomposing...
understand what happens in the deep ocean when a dolphin lays to rest prior to this no one has ever done time lapse on deep-sea marine mammals hopefully these cameras are going to be
Video examples
Hidden miracles of the...
There is movement which is too slow for our eyes to detect, and time lapse makes us discover and broaden our perspective of life. We can see how organisms emerge and grow,
Video examples
Daydreaming: The bridge...
chipmunk cheeks Oh daydreaming most people think it's just idle reverie a lapse and attention but what if it's actually the habitual practice of imagining the practice of
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Jim Cantrell
American Businessman
Enigma is really an investment in peace of mind. I keep a lot of confidential information on my laptop. I'm usually very careful about keeping my laptop under close physical control but had an unfortunate lapse and left it on a plane. That could have cost me dearly if not for the Enigma.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.
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Matt Letscher
American Actor
The ban on assault weapons was a good and necessary law that was allowed to lapse through the influence of special interests.
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David Storey
British Novelist
The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
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Charlie Baker
American Politician
Nobody wants to see someone's life ruined over a small-time lapse in judgment.
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Lillie Langtry
British Actress
I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
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Denis Leary
American Actor
I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.
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Eddie Perez
American Politician
A lapse in judgment is not a crime.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
I'm a lapsed altar boy.
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Dennis Miller
American Comedian
I lapsed into rude.
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Jim Cantrell
American Businessman
Enigma is really an investment in peace of mind. I keep a lot of confidential information on my laptop. I'm usually very careful about keeping my laptop under close physical control but had an unfortunate lapse and left it on a plane. That could have cost me dearly if not for the Enigma.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.
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Matt Letscher
American Actor
The ban on assault weapons was a good and necessary law that was allowed to lapse through the influence of special interests.
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David Storey
British Novelist
The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
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Charlie Baker
American Politician
Nobody wants to see someone's life ruined over a small-time lapse in judgment.
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Lillie Langtry
British Actress
I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
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Denis Leary
American Actor
I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.
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Eddie Perez
American Politician
A lapse in judgment is not a crime.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
I'm a lapsed altar boy.
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Dennis Miller
American Comedian
I lapsed into rude.
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