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# elapsed

«elapsed» in Mova's school dictionary: **When time has elapsed, it has passed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past form of elapse (elapse, elapses, elapsed, elapsing); adjective (elapsed time)

### meaning for a pupil

1) When time has elapsed, it has passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#m1)

2) Elapsed time is the amount of time between a start and an end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in school maths: «elapsed time» problems ask how long something took. Also in science experiments and sport timers. Phrases: «time elapsed», «elapsed time», «after an hour had elapsed». It tells the reader to find a difference between two times.

### examples

- Ten minutes elapsed before the bus came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x1)
- Find the elapsed time from 9:15 to 10:40. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x2)
- The stopwatch shows the elapsed time of the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x3)
- Hours elapsed while we played the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x4)
- Not much time had elapsed before the ice melted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x5)
- What is the elapsed time if a film starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:05? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x6)
- After some little time had elapsed the Queen spoke one night, and said: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/#x7)

### note

Formal word; everyday talk says «passed» or «went by». Used only about time. Maths: elapsed time = end time − start time; from 9:15 to 10:40 is 1 hour 25 minutes. Count across the hour carefully: minutes go up to 60, not 100.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «elapsed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elapsed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.