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leap

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verb

leaped or leapt ˈlēpt How to pronounce leap (audio)
also
ˈlept How to pronounce leap (audio)
; leaping ˈlē-piŋ How to pronounce leap (audio)

intransitive verb

1
: to spring free from or as if from the ground : jump
leap over a fence
a fish leaps out of the water
2
a
: to pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
the difficult leap from college to the workplace
b
: to act precipitately
leaped at the chance

transitive verb

: to pass over by leaping
leaped the wall
leaper noun

leap

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noun

1
a
: an act of leaping : spring, bound
b(1)
: a place leaped over or from
(2)
: the distance covered by a leap
2
a
: a sudden passage or transition
a great leap forward
b
: a choice made in an area of ultimate concern
a leap of faith
Phrases
by leaps and bounds
: with extraordinary rapidity
a town growing by leaps and bounds

Example Sentences

Verb The cat suddenly leaped into the air. Fish were leaping out of the water. He leaped off the bridge. The boys leaped over the stream. The horse leaped the stone wall. When the alarm went off, she leapt out of bed. Noun She made a graceful leap into the air. He ran and took a flying leap over the stream. He won the high jump with a leap of six feet. the leap from childhood to adulthood She has shown great leaps in ability. Technology has taken a great leap forward. It required a leap of the imagination to picture how the project would look when it was completed. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Suni Lee is ready to leap into the new year with confidence. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2022 But when Mountcastle faces Toronto, the ball tends to leap off his bat. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2022 Gunfire rains down as the women run and leap off the boat, plunging into the Thames. Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022 Founders are champions of new ideas and strategic vision, ready to leap into the next opportunity. Yec, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022 Drummer Ryan remembers nights in hotels when the sleeping Dando would leap into the bathroom screaming that someone was under the bed trying to kill him. Mark Blackwell, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2022 One little boy with a bear's face painted on his own actually had to leap to touch the crank at its highest point. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2022 Fast forward years later, to Friday at Hayward Field, where Bor had to leap over hurdles and splash through the water jump on his way to winning the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic trials in 8 minutes, 21.34 seconds. oregonlive, 25 June 2021 Alma organizes a brigade of workers to leap into action when a coworker has been hit. Micah Uetricht, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
Noun
The gut punch of a generation leap—the ache of knowing that your tech is officially outmoded—was nowhere to be found. WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 Though, blending his style with the indie rock soundscapes of Soccer Mommy didn’t turn out to be much of a sonic leap. Ej Panaligan, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 The Nevera is said to be capable of a 1.85-second leap to 60 mph and a quarter-mile time of 8.6 seconds. Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022 In fact, moving to a flat tax is less of a leap in South Carolina than in most states. Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 16 June 2022 What kind of leap does Andre Jackson take offensively? Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2022 And though the projection for 14.2% in June still sounds towering, assuming the CPI keeps escalating in the 8% range, inflation would account for almost 60% of the dollar leap. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 June 2022 Is BlackRock’s $10 trillion in assets enough to engineer a self-fulfilling prophecy of a premature leap to a carbon-free but energy-deficient future? WSJ, 2 June 2022 Harbour’s haunted current incarnation of Hopper or Brett Gelman, whose Murray Bauman takes a big leap from recurring amusement to cast regular. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan; akin to Old High German hlouffan to run

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of leap was before the 12th century

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