lapse

/læps/ noun [C]

Translation

FAILURE › a period of time when something fails to happen as it should

aksama, dikkat dağınıklığı, unutma, kayma

a memory lapse It is thought that the accident was caused by a lapse of concentration.19021575

TIME › a period of time passing between two things happening

süre, ara, aralık, fasıla

a time lapse/a lapse of time He turned up again after a lapse of two years.1558

(Definition of lapse noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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