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Meanings of elapse in English
Usage of elapse in English
1
Two days must elapse before the steamer arrived; ample time for composition.
2
After the elapse of nearly 14 years, could this be a record?
3
In winter, months elapse without their seeing anybody from the outside world.
4
Two years, as they say in the playbills, is supposed to elapse.
5
An hour or two still had to elapse before the last scene.
6
Still two or three days must elapse before they could reach Popayan.
7
This satisfied us that hours might elapse before it was burned through.
8
None the less, another six weeks were to elapse before hostilities began.
9
An interval of some days must elapse before this could be done.
10
Two years should elapse before sod land is used for this crop.
11
Sometimes a week would elapse without his seeing his wife at all.
12
Nine years were to elapse before he was to speak to her.
13
An hour or two after a meal should be allowed to elapse.
14
Having allowed half an hour to elapse, she dressed and walked shoreward.
15
This portrait presupposes that a long period will elapse before Christ comes.
16
At all events, some time must elapse before they can be here.
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Elapse through the time
Elapse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common