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word leap
definition
verb
If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped.
The newsreels show him leaping into the air.
The man threw his arms out as he leapt.
He won the championship with a leap of 2.37 metres.
If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off.
With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water.
If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement .
The car leapt forward.
If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
The team leapt to 12th in the table.
If you say that your heart leaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.
My heart leaped at the sight of her.
If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
The post of principal of the theatre school became vacant and he leapt at the chance.
noun
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance .
The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000.
Contemporary art has taken a huge leap forward in the last five or six years.
inflections leapsleapingleapedleapt
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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