To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct: More example sentences · 2 . 2 · to come to an end : · a period of time; An accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state;
A team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway . An occurrence in which you fail to think or act in the usual or proper way for a brief time and make a mistake often + in often + of; . I must have let my subscription . · a slip of the tongue, pen, or memory; To end something, either intentionally or accidentally, that might be continued or that should continue: 1a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement. To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct: Kids definition of lapse ;