gap 
gap (gap)
noun
- a hole or opening, as in a wall or fence, made by breaking or parting; breach
- a mountain pass, cleft, or ravine
- an interruption of continuity in space or time; hiatus; lacuna
- a lag or disparity between conditions, ideas, natures, etc.
- spark gap
Etymology: ME < ON < gapa, to yawn, gape
transitive verb gapped, gap′·ping
to make an opening in; breach
intransitive verb
to come apart; open
gap
n.
- In trading terms, the price movement when the opening price of a trading day is higher or lower than the previous days level, which leaves a gap on the price chart. In that situation, a stock or futures contract is said to gap open lower or higher.
- A companys lack of financing, such as a gap of $1 million that hasnt been filled by investors.
Converse of object
- fill: Use the class master sheet to help them fill the gaps.
- bridge: Stock markets have not yet bridged the gap in investment finance.
- plug: I am happy to make available a basic discography on this site to at least plug this gap.
- narrow: Close the Gap carries out a range of activity designed to encourage positive action to narrow the gender pay gap.
- close: The image below takes the limb stacking a stage further by closing the strip gaps.
- widen: New technologies have the power to improve our lives, but they can also widen the gap between rich and poor.
Preposition: between
- rhetoric: Some argue that the gap between rhetoric and reality is so great they feel more cynical about Shell and BP than they did previously.
Adjective modifier
- narrow: Roll out a strip of the underlay on top of the subfloor, leaving a narrow gap ( appr.
- huge: R: " There's a huge tax gap... anyway... " R: " The enemy attacked us.
- glaring: It would not help senior officers ' careers if they were to speak out about the glaring gaps in the Government's compiling methods.
Modifies a noun
- junction: Gap junctions mentioned above are a case in point.
- penalty: The gap opening penalty involves the of a negative scoring penalty to the substitution matrix for the first residue in a sequence alignment gap.
- expedition: With deserts, mountains, lakes and beaches, this challenging gap year expedition gives you excellent variety and an insight into Peru.
Noun used with modifier
- gender: Close the Gap carries out a range of activity designed to encourage positive action to narrow the gender pay gap.
- widening: The paper finds that the main barrier to employment is the widening skills gap.
- productivity: The productivity gap averages around 5 % in Taiwan while the corresponding figure for Korea exceeds 10 % .
- credibility: Energy certification in Europe: will it make feedback routine and close the credibility gap between expectations and outcomes?
- rapidity: They are also consistent, but systematically higher than, the H1 data obtained using the large rapidity gap method.
- pay: The pay gap has widened in favor of the public sector worker by almost £ 1 an hour.
Preposition: in
- provision: The document also details current gaps in education provision.
Beyond the gap where the river plunges into the narrow gorge, unseen öand the imagination soars, as a voice beckons, a thundrous voice, endless öas sleep: the voice that has ineluctably called themö that unmoving roar!
The community lacksgoods and a million and a quarter people lack work. It is certainly one of the highest functions of national financeand credittobridgethegap between the two.
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
The gap between brute power and human need continues to grow, as the power fattens on the same faulty technology that intensifies the need.
One was left, too, with a gap in Christianity: the canonical gospels do not record that Christ laughed or played.Cana man be perfect if henever laughs or plays? Krishna's jokes may be vapid, but they bridge a gap.
Far away from where I am now there is a little gap in the hills, and beyond it the sea; and 'tis there I do be looking the whole day long, for it's the nearest thing to yourself that I can see.
I'll say, a strangemanisa marvel, with hismighty talk; but what's a squabble in your back-yard, and the blow of a loy, have taught me that there's a great gap between a gallous story and a dirty deed. 834
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