āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lapse in her driving attention resulted in a near miss at the intersection.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻā§āĻ˛
a failure to maintain a higher state
03
āĻ¯ā§āĻ, āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤
in addition (usually followed by `with')
04
āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ
a temporary failure or gap in judgment, memory, or concentration
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The report contained a lapse that resulted in missing crucial information.
āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to lapse
01
āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
go back to bad behavior
02
āĻĒāĻ¤āĻ¨, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
03
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to cease or come to an end, especially due to the passage of time or neglect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
My gym membership lapsed because I forgot to renew it last month.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
04
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
pass into a specified state or condition
05
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
let slip
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
relapse
lapse
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
