What (who) is leap - definition
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Leap; L.E.A.P.; LEAP (disambiguation); Leap (disambiguation); Leap (album)
leap
I. v. n.
1.
Jump, bound, spring, vault.
2.
Hop, frisk, gambol, caper.
II. v. a.
Jump over, bound across.
III. n.
1.
Jump, spring, bound, vault.
2.
Hop, frisk, frisking, caper, gambol.
leap
(leaps, leaping, leaped, or leapt)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: British English usually uses the form 'leapt' as the past tense and past participle. American English usually uses 'leaped'.
1.
If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped...
The man threw his arms out as he leapt.
= jump
VERB: V prep/adv, V
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Leap is also a noun.
Smith took Britain's fifth medal of the championships with a leap of 2.37 metres.
N-COUNT
2.
If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off...
With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
3.
If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
The car leapt forward.
VERB: V adv/prep
4.
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance. (JOURNALISM)
The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000...
Contemporary art has taken a huge leap forward in the last five or six years.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
5.
If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex.
VERB: V prep
6.
If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
The post of principal of the theatre school became vacant and he leapt at the chance.
= jump
VERB: V at n
7.
You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
He's improved in leaps and bounds this season...
The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v [emphasis]
Leap
·noun A Fault.
II. Leap ·noun A weel or wicker trap for fish.
III. Leap ·noun A Basket.
IV. Leap ·noun Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
V. Leap ·vt To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
VI. Leap ·vt To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
VII. Leap ·vt To copulate with (a female beast); to Cover.
VIII. Leap ·noun The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
IX. Leap ·vi To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to Bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
X. Leap ·noun A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
Pronunciation examples for leap
1. It's like a Rebecca Black song was "Leap Day," leap day, leap
Contagious - Why Things Catch On _ Jonah Berger _ Talks at Google
2. be a leap year.
Ancient Greece & Rome Time & Culture _ Alexander Meyer _ Talks at Google
3. Can you leap?
Natural Born Heroes _ Chris McDougall _ Talks at Google
4. she takes the leap.
Clever Girl _ Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya _ Talks at Google
5. you'll take a leap.
Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity _ Lisa Nichols _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of leap
1. The leap by 2010 would lay the groundwork for the leap by 2020.
2. Rather than look before you leap, the Olmert administration was guided by the opposite principle: leap before you look.
3. And unlike leap years or daylight saving time, software designers cannot plan ahead because leap seconds get added only when they are needed.
4. The origins of the Leap Year proposal tradition are obscure.
5. Orad stock climbed 5.8% after announcing a leap to India.