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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Spending time & time passing
all the time in the worldidiom
Anno Domini
drag on
employ
fall
fall away
gone
misspend
pass
roll
roll by
run out
serve
slip
slip away
the sands of time idiom
tick
timekeeper
wear on
while something away

elapse | American Dictionary

elapse
verb[ I ]
us/ɪˈlæps/
(of time) to go past:
Four years had elapsed since she last saw him.

Examples of elapse

elapse
Activation decreases with the number of words, sentences and paragraphs elapsed as the algorithm proceeds through the text.
Twenty minutes elapsed between short- and long-delay recognition tests during which participants completed questionnaires as filler tasks.
It could also be argued that the study is limited by the fact that the range of the time elapsed since injury was large.
Slightly over two-thirds left before two years had elapsed.
The general body colour tended to become lighter slightly as the time after injection elapsed, whereas the opposite tendency was shown for the compound eyes.
The patients were interviewed every 3 months until death or 2 years had elapsed.
This adds little to our understanding, especially since the word ' elapse ' is itself dependent on a concept of time for its definition.
Some years have now elapsed since upon a closer scrutiny, reason, altogether incontestable was found for discarding this appendage.
Sufficient time elapsed between landings for complete drying on most occasions.
The camera phone will also incur a modest increase in the time elapsed before the computer-vision results may be viewed.
Approximately 6-10 months elapsed between interviews with the same individual.
The times given are the average over 10 runs, and are elapsed times (no garbage collection took place).
As a result, a significant period of time elapsed from the initial assessment of reading to the conclusion of the psychophysical testing.
On single task trials, the number remained on the screen until a response had been made or 5000 ms had elapsed.
In the years that have elapsed, little has changed in this respect.
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