elapse
verbHow many syllables in elapse?
There are 3 syllables in the word elapse.How to pronounce elapse:
Definition of elapse:
- elapse (verb):
- pass by.
- pass, go by
- (of time) to pass by
Synonyms for elapse:
advance
bite the dust
break off
break up
cease
close
conclude
determine
die
discontinue
end
expire
fell
finish
fly
glide by
go
go along
go by
go on
halt
lapse
leave off
let up
march on
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Antonyms for elapse:
accept
allow
appear
arrive
be born
be willing
bear
begin
breathe
carry on
combine
come
commence
complete
connect
continue
create
deny
develop
encourage
establish
fall behind
free
get
get better
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- always-on
- strawberries
- exception
- video
- strawberry
- separate
- discardment
- ruminant
- creator
- socialist
- pretending
- reflection
- incomplete
- transported
- negligence
- ligament
- deodar
- Sophia
- figure out
- expletive
- encompass
- decompose
- certainty
- blustery
- represent
- increases
- hyperlink
- enamor
- applicant
- elegance
- accomplish
- visible
- cataract
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- elected
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