When Does Lapse Mean?

1 : to slip, pass, or fall gradually The conversation lapsed into silence. 2 : to come to an end : cease The car insurance lapsed.

Is it lapse or lapsed?

verb (used without object), lapsed, laps·ing. to fall or deviate from a previous standard; fail to maintain a normative level: Toward the end of the book the author lapsed into bad prose. to come to an end; stop: We let our subscription to that magazine lapse. to fall, slip, or sink; subside: to lapse into silence.

What is lapse and example?

1. To lapse is defined as to become inactive, invalid, to end, or to stop doing something. An example of lapse is to slip into unconsciousness. An example of lapse is when your driver's license has expired. An example of lapse is to stop going to church as required by your religion.