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Definition of
lacuna noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
lacuna
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ləˈkunə
/
/
,
NAmE
/
/
ləˈkyunə
/
/
(
pl.
lacunae
NAmE
/
/
ləˈkuni
/
/
,
NAmE
/
/
ləˈkyuni
/
/
,
(
or
)
lacunas
)
(
formal
)
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a place where something is missing in a piece of writing or in an idea, a theory, etc.
synonym
gap
See
lacuna
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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lacuna
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