Time
Synonyms for elapse
The synonym for elapse recorded in this bank is pass, in the sense "(of time) to pass by". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for elapse
- passverb, in the sense "(of time) to pass by"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day elapse is audited in a second meaning.
(of time) to pass by
Weeks can elapse before the committee reaches a decision.
The true synonym
pass
Same sentence, swapped: Weeks can pass before the committee reaches a decision.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot elapse is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- expire
- vanish
- subside
Where elapse turns up in the game
elapse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play elapse
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so elapse reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from time at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. elapse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.