elapsing
Slipping by steadily
Elapsing describes time passing or slipping by.
The word appears most often in formal or technical contexts: With each elapsing hour, the situation grew more dire.
It emphasizes duration unfolding rather than time already gone—the present participle captures time in motion.
Moving by or temporary
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- intervalDuration between two points
- spanDistance between endpoints
- progressionSequential forward movement
continuum · duration · sequence · succession · transience · interlude · hiatus · stretch
Lasting very briefly
- transitoryBrief in duration
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- temporaryLimited in duration
impermanent · short-lived · brief · fleeting · passing · fading · vanishing · slipping
passing
Moving by or temporary
progression · continuum · duration · sequence · succession · transience · interlude · hiatus · stretch · course
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- transitoryBrief in duration
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
temporary · impermanent · short-lived · brief · fleeting · passing · fading · vanishing · slipping · escaping
chronology
Temporal ordering of events
phases · cycles · stages · epochs · eras · decades · centuries · millennia · seasons · quarters