gap
365
1.7
- noun
- /ɡæp/
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- The project will help Russia close the gap between its military and those of the West.
- bridge the gap
- close the gap
- achievement gap
There's a gender gap in the US.
- There's a gender gap in the US.
- Well, we can fill the market gap in Asia with this product.
- This one was a big age gap and I didn't like him.
- So this is a big gap in the innovation system.
- As the distances get longer, the gender gap shrinks.
- Fact number one, there exists a massive wealth gap between blacks and whites.
- You would think that we lived in that gap, right?
- You're not in great shape if that if that gap is growing, you're not.
- There's some significant gaps, I think, in study.
- Again, Google gap financing and see what you find.
- I don't see any plan to close that gap that's equal to the gap.
Examples
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In reading, higher engagement schools successfully closed the performance gap with their lower engagement counterparts.
Academic text (2013) -
Where does closing the gap rate in your list of priorities?
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And United have closed the gap at the top of the table.
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There is an increasing gap between the very few rich and the mostly poor citizens.
Academic text (2011) -
Numerous problems have contributed to the gap between public knowledge and policy action.
Academic text (2011) -
We were waiting for the promise to kick in and deliver, but ultimately we could no longer ignore the gap between the reality and the promise.
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Educators have been charged with closing the performance gap between majority and minority students.
Academic text (2013) -
The health-care legislation aimed to address various gaps in insurance coverage, especially for those who were uninsured.
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But the gap between Delroy and Carson continues to widen.
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The gap between the two leaders' opinions has widened over time.
Synonyms
76
5.6
A difference between two things that should be the same, like numbers or stories
75
6.7
A large unfair difference in people's chances or treatment
74
2.5
A space between two things that keeps them apart
58
5.9
A gap between what people think and what really happens
53
4.7
A wide gap between people, groups, or ideas
40
4.2
The difference between two amounts or values
1
8.1
A difference between two things, often between versions of a file
Antonyms
Compounds
The difference in how much money and comfort rich and poor people have
1
3.8
The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period
- Specialized
1
7.8
A device with a gap between metal parts where an electrical spark can jump
A mountain pass between Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee used by early settlers to travel west
- Slang
A year taken after school before university when a young person travels or volunteers
How Large
75
6.7
365
1.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gap uses the same idea of an empty space, like gape, a wide open mouth, but for things that do not meet each other. So a gap between values or people is a distance or difference you can see or measure.