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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
regress
1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
• Syn:
reasoning backward
• Hypernyms:
reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
2. returning to a former state
• Syn:
regression, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
• Derivationally related forms:
retrovert (for: retroversion), retrogress (for: retrogression), revert (for: reversion), regress (for: regression)
• Hypernyms:
reversal
1. go back to a statistical means
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. go back to a previous state
- We reverted to the old rules
• Syn:
revert, return, retrovert, turn back
• Derivationally related forms:
regression, retroversion (for: retrovert), return (for: return), reversive (for: revert), reversion (for: revert), reverting (for: revert)
• Hypernyms:
change by reversal, turn, reverse
• Hyponyms:
relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall back,
resile, recover, go back, recuperate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
• Syn:
retrograde, retrogress
• Ant:
progress
• Derivationally related forms:
retrogressive (for: retrogress), retrogression (for: retrogress), regressive
• Hypernyms:
worsen, decline
• Hyponyms:
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. go back to bad behavior
- Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
• Syn:
relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall back
• Derivationally related forms:
recidivism (for: recidivate), lapse (for: lapse), relapse (for: relapse), relapsing (for: relapse)
• Hypernyms:
revert, return, retrovert, turn back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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