ADJ
- big, huge, large, wide
- narrow, small
- awkward
- an awkward gap between the bed and the door
VERB + GAP
- leave
- fill, seal
- Seal the gaps around the windows with an exterior-quality sealant
GAP + VERB
- appear, open up
- He flashed his headlights and jumped lanes whenever a gap opened up
PREP
- through a/the ~
- A rabbit ran along the fence and darted through a gap
- ~ between
- Position the tiles, leaving a narrow gap between the edges
- ~ in
- A huge gap had appeared in the hedge
VERB + GAP
- fill
- wondering how to fill an awkward gap in the conversation
GAP + NOUN
- year
- I'm planning to travel in my gap year (= the year between school and university)
PREP
- after a/the ~
- She returned to teaching after a twelve-year gap
- ~ between
- a job to fill the gap between school and university
- ~ in
- a gap in his career
ADJ
- big, huge, large, significant, substantial, wide, yawning
- unbridgeable
- the unbridgeable gap between the two cultures
- growing, widening
- narrow
- age, generation
- Despite the age gap, romance blossomed
- cultural/culture
- gender
- the gender gap in earnings
- credibility
- Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between what he said and what he did
- information, knowledge, skills
- the knowledge gap between doctor and patient
- trade (= the gap between export and imports; used in journalism)
VERB + GAP
- bridge
- an attempt to bridge the gap between the academic world and industry
GAP + VERB
- widen
- narrow
- separate sb/sth
- He realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors
PREP
- ~ between
- The gap between rich and poor widened
ADJ
- big, enormous, great, huge, important, large, serious, significant, terrible, yawning
- serious gaps in their knowledge
VERB + GAP
- create, leave
- His death left a huge gap in my life
- identify
- close, fill (in), plug
- Her appointment will fill the gap created when the marketing manager left
PREP
- ~ in
- legislation to close a gap in the law
PHRASES
- a gap in the market
- We think we've identified a gap in the market (= a business opportunity to make or sell sth that is not yet available)