Words / B1

LEEP/liːp/

To leap is to jump a long way, or to rise suddenly: prices leap. UK past: leapt (US often leaped). Jump is the everyday twin; soar is stronger for prices. A leap is also a noun (a leap in rents). Halls: rents leapt after campus halls filled.

Meaning

To jump a long way; also to rise suddenly (prices leap). Past: leapt (UK).

Examples

• “Rents leapt after the campus halls filled.”
• “Do not leap to a conclusion from one graph, which is the figurative sense.”

Good to know

leap / leapt (UK). Noun: a leap in + figures. Everyday: jump. Stronger prices: soar. Housing / exam graphs. Mix-up: leak.

Near in meaning

jump

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