leap

CEFRB2

/ˈliːp/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To jump high or a long distance.

  2. 02

    noun

    A jump high or far through the air.

Examples

  • I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

  • There is a leap of logic in what he says.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈlɪi̯p]
  • /ˈlɛp/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To copulate with (a female beast)

  2. To pass over by a leap or jump.

  3. To jump.

More examples

In context

  • It is better to leap into the void.

  • Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.

  • to leap a wall or a ditch

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løp...