ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELAPSE
From Latin ēlābī to slip away, from lābī to slip, glide.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ELAPSE
PRESENT
Present
I elapse
you elapse
he/she/it elapses
we elapse
you elapse
they elapse
Present continuous
I am elapsing
you are elapsing
he/she/it is elapsing
we are elapsing
you are elapsing
they are elapsing
Present perfect
I have elapsed
you have elapsed
he/she/it has elapsed
we have elapsed
you have elapsed
they have elapsed
Present perfect continuous
I have been elapsing
you have been elapsing
he/she/it has been elapsing
we have been elapsing
you have been elapsing
they have been elapsing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I elapsed
you elapsed
he/she/it elapsed
we elapsed
you elapsed
they elapsed
Past continuous
I was elapsing
you were elapsing
he/she/it was elapsing
we were elapsing
you were elapsing
they were elapsing
Past perfect
I had elapsed
you had elapsed
he/she/it had elapsed
we had elapsed
you had elapsed
they had elapsed
Past perfect continuous
I had been elapsing
you had been elapsing
he/she/it had been elapsing
we had been elapsing
you had been elapsing
they had been elapsing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will elapse
you will elapse
he/she/it will elapse
we will elapse
you will elapse
they will elapse
Future continuous
I will be elapsing
you will be elapsing
he/she/it will be elapsing
we will be elapsing
you will be elapsing
they will be elapsing
Future perfect
I will have elapsed
you will have elapsed
he/she/it will have elapsed
we will have elapsed
you will have elapsed
they will have elapsed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been elapsing
you will have been elapsing
he/she/it will have been elapsing
we will have been elapsing
you will have been elapsing
they will have been elapsing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would elapse
you would elapse
he/she/it would elapse
we would elapse
you would elapse
they would elapse
Conditional continuous
I would be elapsing
you would be elapsing
he/she/it would be elapsing
we would be elapsing
you would be elapsing
they would be elapsing
Conditional perfect
I would have elapse
you would have elapse
he/she/it would have elapse
we would have elapse
you would have elapse
they would have elapse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been elapsing
you would have been elapsing
he/she/it would have been elapsing
we would have been elapsing
you would have been elapsing
they would have been elapsing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you elapse
we let´s elapse
you elapse
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
elapsing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELAPSE»
Discover the use of
elapse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
elapse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Common Errors in English Usage
elapse/lapse 1800s/19th century “Eighteen hundreds,” “sixteen hundreds,” and
so forth are not exactly errors; the problem is that they are used almost
exclusively by people who are nervous about saying “19th century” when, after
all, the ...
2
Natural Language Syntax
It is as though George is the subject of elapse in (10), even though elapse does
not appear to have a subject in this case. One way to capture this relationship
between the two sentences is to say that in the CS of (10) there are two identical
...
3
Computer Performance Evaluation Users Group (CPEUG): ...
20 Iterations per cycle ELAPSE TCPU MEAN STDEV MAX MEAN Std. Devn
STRETCH = ELAPSE/TCPU ELAPSE = Overall Elapsed Time TCPU = Overall
CPU Time CPU time in a run plotted against the total elapsed time. The best ...
Computer Performance Evaluation Users Group, James E. Weatherbee, Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, 1978
(a) What is the probability that at least 5 minutes will elapse between arrivals? (b)
What is the probability that at least 3 minutes will elapse between arrivals? (c)
What is the probability that at least 2 minutes will elapse between arrivals?
5
The Book of Bible Events, Forming a Manual to a Chart of ...
7 years after 2560 Canaan conquered and divided 1 7 2577 1 4 2591 s 2599 6 2
a 2772 The Tabernacle is set up years elapse Death of Joshua years elapse
ISRAEL'S rmsr Snnvrruna years after Othmel delivers Israel years elapse
ISRAEL's ...
Charles BAKER (Head Master of the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.), 1855
6
Charity in Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Zakat
E. THE ELAPSE OF ONE YEAR For one to become obliged with zakat, at least a
year has to elapse on the earnings beginning from the date of their attainment.
This elapse of a year, called hawalanu al-hawl in Islamic terminology, ...
7
International Governmental Organizations: Constitutional ...
The frequency of exhibitions to which this convention applies shall be governed
in the following manner: (a) in the same State a minimum interval of 20 years
must elapse between two general exhibitions; a minimum interval of five years
must ...
Amos Jenkins Peaslee, Dorothy Peaslee Xydis, 1979
8
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control: 9th International ...
The construction of the reachable set consists of alternate applications of such a
time elapse operator for each mode, along with the standard post condition (
image) operator for discrete mode changes. To be useful, this time elapse
operator ...
Joao Hespanha, Ashish Tiwari, 2006
9
The Fairness Doctrine and the Media
reasonable, is the length of time that may elapse between the airing of one side
of an issue and the airing of the contrasting side. As in other fairness matters, the
FCC has refused to set down precise guidelines on what is a reasonable length ...
10
Psychosocial Resources Moderate Threat Perception
[ten seconds elapse] "You have now completed part one of the distance task.
Please press the buzzer to signal the experimenter. "Distance task part two: The
second part of the distance task proceeds in exactly the same way as did the first
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELAPSE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
elapse is used in the context of the following news items.
Limited Government Takes On New Meaning As Tea Party Governor …
The Tea Party governor was attempting to “pocket veto” 19 bills by allowing them to elapse at the end of a legislative session, effectively killing ... «PoliticusUSA, Jul 15»
'Law & Order' a dramatic show, but nothing like a real-life courtroom
In most cases, months and often years elapse from the time a crime is discovered to the sentence being handed down. I remember one ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
Kisumu MCAs to Probe Sh250 Million Market Project
"The executive must move with speed to make the market space available so the construction can begin before the two weeks elapse," Aim ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
South Sudan Rebel Leader Riek Machar Tells President Salva Kiir …
... legislature as per the provision of the Transition Constitution 2011 "thus causing the country to elapse into a very serious constitutional crisis.". «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Still no breakthrough in the nuclear negotiations with Iran
... to submit the agreement to Congress will elapse. As a result, Congress will have 60 rather than 30 days in which to review the agreement. «EconoTimes, Jul 15»
Buy STBs or lose signal-ZNBC
... at the ZNBC Stand. He has says the Set Top Box will enable the viewers to continue television even after the elapse of the six months period. «ZNBC, Jul 15»
Saudi Press Roundup
Now, and after the elapse of 34 years, the Middle Eastern countries, especially the Arab states, are facing unprecedented challenges ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
2 MPs to ask about panel on electoral boundaries
Mr Yee wants to know as well who the committee members are, when its report is expected to be published, and how much time will elapse ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
MARION TO BERMUDA YACHT RACE: 'TI' named overall winner
Other Cook's Trophy winners were: “Icebear,” in Class A, with an elapse time of 108 hours, 43 minutes and six seconds; “Eagle,” in Class B, ... «Wicked Local Marion, Jul 15»
Anatomy of a firework
Three or four seconds usually elapse before the igniting of the burst charge. 6. Inside the shell are a couple-dozen explosive spheres (each ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
