Definition of "elapses" [elapses]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elapse. (verb)

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• "Mugabe has indicated in the past he would step down when his current term elapses in 2008."
• "THESE days, not a single school term elapses without teachers downing chalks as a way of expressing anger or pressurising the Government to bow to their demands."
• "To quote from the Mann study, “The more time that elapses between the end of a diet and the follow-up, the more weight is regained.”"