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elapsed

elapsed is the simple past and past participle of elapse.

Meaning of elapse

Verb

elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)

  1. (intransitive) To pass or move by.
    • He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Words formed from elapsed

Phrases with elapsed

Questions about elapsed

What is elapsed the simple past and past participle of?
Elapsed is the simple past and past participle of elapse.

Words near elapsed in the dictionary

  1. elapids
  2. elapine
  3. elapoid
  4. elapoids
  5. elapse
  6. elapsed
  7. elapsed flying time
  8. elapsed flying times
  9. elapsed real time
  10. elapsed time
  11. elapsed times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elapsed (page history and authors); elapse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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