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Definition of Gap
Gap

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

To notch, as a sword or knife.

To make an opening in; to breach.

The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.

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Gap Quotations

There is not that much of a generation gap these days.
Chris Frantz

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
George Orwell

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
Earl Nightingale

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
Margaret Spellings

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.
James Dean

Gap Translations

gap in Dutch is opening, bres, gaping
gap in Italian is buca, spazio
gap in Portuguese is abertura
gap in Spanish is huelgo, brecha


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