Gap Extra Fill ɡæp Examples Huge Noun Funding

• extra funding is needed to plug the gap.
• fill the gaps in these sentences.
• there are huge gaps in their knowledge.
• his death left an enormous gap in my life.

gap

1. a space where something is missing
• Extra funding is needed to plug the gap.
• Fill the gaps in these sentences.
• There are huge gaps in their knowledge.
• His death left an enormous gap in my life.
• There were several gaps in my education.
• We think we've identified a gap in the market (= a business opportunity to make or sell something that is not yet available).

Extra Examples

• Her appointment will fill the gap created when the marketing manager left.
• legislation to close a gap in the law
• serious gaps in our understanding of the disease
2. a space between two things or in the middle of something, especially because there is a part missing
• There should be a six-inch gap at the bottom.
• a gap in a hedge
• Leave a gap between your car and the next.
• I managed to squeeze through the gap.

Extra Examples

• A rabbit darted through a gap in the fence.
• Position the tiles, leaving a narrow gap between the edges.
• Seal the gaps around the windows with a sealant.
• an awkward gap between the bed and the door
• I spotted a gap in the cars and went for it.
3. a period of time when something stops, or between two events
• a gap in the conversation
• He wrote his first novel in the gap between school and university.
• They met again after a gap of twenty years.
• There’s a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).

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• Ads are just there to fill the gaps between quiz shows.
• She returned to teaching after a twelve-year gap.
• a job to fill the gap between high school and college
• a gap in his career
4. a difference that separates people, or their opinions, situation, etc.
• SEE ALSO credibility
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/credibility
• A huge gap has opened up between expectations and what is deliverable.
• The only way to close this gap is to innovate.
• the gap between rich and poor
• the gap between theory and practice
• to bridge the gap between urban and rural communities

Extra Examples

• The crisis was largely due to a wide gap between supply and demand.
• He realized how narrow the gap was that separated him from his pagan ancestors.
• the knowledge gap between doctor and patient
• the unbridgeable gap between the two cultures
• Progress could be jeopardized by a growing gap between the haves and the have-nots.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old Norse, ‘chasm’; related to gape.