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leap


Definition: Meaning of, leap in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / liːp /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
leap leapt, leaped leapt, leaped
Present Participle Third Person Singular
leaping leaps
[especially British English] [especially American English]
  1. jump [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place
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  2. jump [transitive] literary to jump over something
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  3. move fast [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move very quickly and with a lot of energy
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  4. increase [intransitive] to increase quickly and by a large amount
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  5. leap at the chance/opportunity to accept an opportunity very eagerly
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  6. leap to somebody's defence British English American English to quickly defend someone
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  7. heart [intransitive] literary if your heart leaps, you feel a sudden surprise, happiness, or excitement
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
leap leaps
[countable]
  1. a big jump [=  bound]
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  2. a large increase or change
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  3. by/in leaps and bounds if something increases, develops, grows etc by leaps and bounds, it does it very quickly
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  4. a leap of (the) imagination also an imaginative leap a mental process that is needed to understand something difficult or see the connection between two very different ideas
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  5. leap in the dark something you do without knowing what will happen as a result
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  6. leap of faith something you do even though it involves a risk, hoping that it will have a good result
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leap used in phrases

  • Great Leap Forward, the
    1. an attempt by the Chinese government, led by MAO ZEDONG, to achieve very rapid industrial development between 1958 and 1960.
  • leap day (noun)
    1. the name of the day that is added during a leap year
  • leap out (verb)
    1. be highly noticeable
    2. someone jump out from a hiding place and surprise
  • leap second (noun)
    1. as measured by an atomic clock a second added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation
  • leap year (noun)
    1. a year, which happens every fourth year, when February has 29 days instead of 28
  • quantum leap (noun)
    1. a very large and important development or improvement
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leap used in phrasal verbs

  • leap in (phrasal verb)
    1. to do something immediately, and often with enthusiasm, as soon as you have the chance to do it
  • leap on (phrasal verb)
    1. leap on something to be immediately very interested in something or very keen to do or have something
  • leap out at (phrasal verb)
    1. leap out at someone to be immediately obvious to someone, or to immediately get their attention
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