Collocations for gap - noun

big, huge, large, wide
narrow, small, tiny

leave
fill, seal, span
Seal the gaps around the windows with a sealant.

appear, open up
He flashed his headlights and changed lanes whenever a gap opened up.

through a/the gap
A rabbit darted through a gap in the fence.

gap between
Position the tiles, leaving a narrow gap between the edges.

gap in
A huge gap had appeared in the hedge.

long, short
two-year, etc.
awkward (esp. BrE)

fill
Ads are just there to fill the gaps between quiz shows.
I was wondering how to fill those awkward gaps in the conversation.

year (BrE)
I'm planning to travel in my gap year (= the year between school and university).

after a/the gap
She returned to teaching after a twelve-year gap.

gap between
a job to fill the gap between high school and college

gap in
a gap in his career

big, enormous, huge, large, significant, substantial, vast, wide, yawning
unbridgeable
the unbridgeable gap between the two cultures

ever-widening, growing, widening
narrow
age, generation
Despite the age gap, romance blossomed.

cultural, culture
gender
the gender gap in earnings

black-white, racial
wealth
credibility
Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between what he said and what he did.

achievement, information, knowledge, skills
the knowledge gap between doctor and patient

trade
income, pay, wage (esp. AmE)

address, bridge, close, eliminate, narrow, reduce, span
an attempt to bridge the gap between the academic world and industry

widen
highlight

open up
A huge gap has opened up between expectations and what is deliverable.

grow, widen
close, narrow
separate sb/sth
He realized how narrow the gap was that separated him from his pagan ancestors.

gap between
The gap between rich and poor widened.

big, enormous, great, huge, important, large, serious, significant, yawning
serious gaps in their knowledge

glaring, obvious

create, leave
His death left a huge gap in my life.

identify, see, spot (esp. BrE)
close, fill, fill in, plug
Her appointment will fill the gap created when the marketing manager left.

exploit
The company has exploited a lucrative gap in the market.

gap in
legislation to close a gap in the law

a gap in the market
We think we've identified a gap in the market (= a business opportunity).