noun
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- A vacant space or time.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- The regions between the outfielders.
- (for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Synonyms: hiatus, col, neck, pass, break, clearing, hole, opening, break, chasm, fissure, hole, rift, rip, split, tear, space, break, space, window
verb
- To notch, as a sword or knife.
- To make an opening in; to breach.
- To check the size of a gap.
- To leave suddenly.
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