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bridges the gap

bridges the gap is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bridge the gap.

Meaning of bridge the gap

Verb

bridge the gap (third-person singular simple present bridges the gap, present participle bridging the gap, simple past and past participle bridged the gap)

  1. (idiomatic) To serve as or create a connection between disconnected or disparate things.
    • Today there is no doubt that Dominican women have been actively involved in building the community, in struggling to keep their cultural heritage alive, and in keeping families together by bridging the gap between Dominicans from the homeland and those who live in the United States.2011, Ronald H. Bayor, editor, Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 505

Questions about bridges the gap

What is bridges the gap the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bridges the gap is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bridge the gap.

Words near bridges the gap in the dictionary

  1. Bridgertonian
  2. Bridgertonians
  3. Bridgerule
  4. bridges
  5. bridges over troubled waters
  6. bridges the gap
  7. bridges up
  8. Bridgeses
  9. Bridgestock
  10. Bridgestocks
  11. Bridget

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