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bridging the gap

bridging the gap is the present participle and gerund 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 bridging the gap

What is bridging the gap the present participle and gerund of?
Bridging the gap is the present participle and gerund of bridge the gap.

Words near bridging the gap in the dictionary

  1. bridging ligands
  2. bridging loan
  3. bridging loans
  4. bridging plate
  5. bridging plates
  6. bridging the gap
  7. bridging up
  8. bridging visa
  9. bridging visas
  10. bridgingly
  11. bridgings

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