See Also: leap 2, noun(dictionary)
leap(dictionary)
leap(2)(dictionary)
leap(1)(dictionary)
Leap(medicine)
LEAP YEAR(law)
leap year(dictionary)
leap 1, verb(dictionary)
leap-frog(2)(dictionary)
Leap Castle(tourism)

leap 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
a big jump
-synonym bound bound
::He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap .
a large increase or change
quantum/great/huge etc leap
::a quantum leap (=very great increase or change) in population levels
leap in
::a 16% leap in pre-tax profits
leap forward
::the huge leap forward that took place in the 1980s
by/in leaps and bounds
if something increases, develops, grows etc by leaps and bounds, it does it very quickly
::Lifeboat technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.
a leap of (the) imagination
also an imaginative leap
a mental process that is needed to understand something difficult or see the connection between two very different ideas
leap in the dark
something you do without knowing what will happen as a result
leap of faith
something you do even though it involves a risk, hoping that it will have a good result