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Etymology
Old English hleapan|hl�apan, from Germanic *xlaupan. Cognate with Dutch lopen, German laufen �run�, Swedish löpa.

Pronunciation
AHD|l�p, IPA|/li�p/, SAMPA|/li:p/
audio|en-us-leap.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�p|-i�p

Verb
en-verb|leaps|leaping|leaped, leapt, or rarely lope|leaped, leapt, or rarely lopen

1. intransitive To jump from one location to another.

#*c. 1450, anonymous, Merlin
#*: It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep
#*1600, anonymous, The wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll, act 4
#*: I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer?
#*1783, w:Hugh Blair|Hugh Blair, from the �Illiad� in Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, lecture 4, page 65
#*: 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.
#*1999, Ai, Vice: New & Selected Poems, page 78
#*: It is better to leap into the void.

Usage notes
The choice between leapt and leaped is mostly a matter of regional differences: leapt is preferred in British English and leaped in American English. According to research by John Algeo (British or American English?, Cambridge, 2006), leapt is used 80% of the time in UK and 32% in the US.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|jump from one location to another bound, hop, jump, spring
italbrac-colon|jump upwards bound, hop, jump, spring

Translations
trans-top|to jump from one location to another
Breton: lammat, sailhañ
Bulgarian: �ка�ам
Catalan: saltar
Danish: springe, hoppe
Dutch: springen, wippen
Estonian: hüppama
Finnish: hypätä, loikata
French: sauter, bondir
German: springen, einen Satz machen, hüpfen
Greek: �άλλομαι
Gujarati: ��દવ��, ઠ��વ��
Hebrew: קפץ
Hindi: ��दना
Indonesian: lompat, loncat, lompat|melompat, loncat|meloncat
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Irish: léim
Italian: saltare
Japanese: ���� (�����, hiyaku-suru)
Norwegian: sprang, hopp, hoppe
Novial: salta
Polish: skaka�/skoczy�, przeskakiwa�/przeskoczy� (over something)
Portuguese: saltar
Romanian: a s�ri, a s�lta
Russian: �кака��, п��га��
Slovak: sko�iť/skákať, presko�iť/preskakovať (over something)
Spanish: saltar
Swedish: hoppa, springa (older)
Tamil: பாய�, தாவ�
Vietnamese: nhảy (lên, qua, ...)
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Noun
en-noun

1. The act of leaping or jumping.
2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
3. figurative A significant move forward.

#*1969 July 20, w:Neil Armstrong|Neil Armstrong, as he became the first man to step on the moon
#*: That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

Translations
trans-top|the act of leaping
Catalan: salt
Dutch: sprong m
Danish: spring n, hop n
Finnish: hyppy, loikka
French: saut m, bond#French|bond m
German: Sprung m
Irish: léim f2
Italian: salto#Spanish|salto m
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Japanese: 跳� (�����, ch�yaku)
Latin: saltus m
Novial: salto
Polish: skok m
Portuguese: salto m
Russian: �ка�ок m, п��жок m
Spanish: salto#Spanish|salto m
Swedish: hopp n, språng n
Vietnamese: bư�c nhảy, sự nhảy, vi�c nhảy
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trans-top|distance traversed by a leap
German: Sprungweite f
Japanese: 跳��� (��������, ch�yaku kyori)
trans-mid
Portuguese: salto m
Polish: skok m
Russian: (rarely) �ка�ок m
Swedish: hopplängd c, språnglängd c
Vietnamese: quãng cách nhảy qua
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trans-top|significant move forward
Danish: spring n, hop n
Dutch: sprong m
Finnish: hyppy, hyppäys
German: Sprung m
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (���, hiyaku); �� (����, yakushin)
Portuguese: salto m
Russian: �ка�ок m, ��вок m, п�о��в m, (rarely) п��жок m
Swedish: hopp n, språng n
Vietnamese: thành tích, tiến b�
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Breton: lamm m, sailh m (1)
ttbc|Bulgarian: �кок m (1)
ttbc|Chinese: è·³
ttbc|Macedonian: �кок
ttbc|Polish:sus#Polish|sus m (1)
ttbc|Slovak: skok
ttbc|Tamil: பாய����ல�

Derived terms
top2
by leaps and bounds
leap day
leapfrog
leaping lizards
leap of faith
mid2
leaps and bounds
leap second
leap year
look before you leap
quantum leap

Category:English irregular verbs

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