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Synonyms for lapse

The synonym for lapse recorded in this bank is expire, in the sense "to come to an end because a time limit has passed". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for lapse

expireverb, in the sense "to come to an end because a time limit has passed"

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 lapse is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsTime

to come to an end because a time limit has passed

His gym membership will lapse if he doesn't renew it by Friday.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

expire

Same sentence, swapped: His gym membership will expire if he doesn't renew it by Friday.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for lapse in the sentence quoted.

renew
continue
activate

Where lapse turns up in the game

lapse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where lapse is the trap

blotnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is spot, in the sense "an act that brings discredit to the person who does it", and lapse is on the board beside it.

Play lapse

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lapse reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other time words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

sporadicadjectiveoccasionaloccurring at irregular intervals; not continuousFoothillsHas a reason line vacationnounholidayleisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasureFoothillsHas a reason line vintageadjectiveclassiccharacteristic of a period in the past, especially valued for its ageFoothillsHas a reason line yearnounclassa body of students who graduate togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line lingerverbpersistto remain for longer than usual, slow to leave or fadeTreelineHas a reason line loomverbimpendto appear, especially as something imminent and unsettlingRidgelineHas a reason line shapenounformthe spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substanceFoothillsHas a reason line sharenounpartthe effort contributed by a person in bringing about a resultFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. lapse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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