relapse+(verb)

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• relapse — ► VERB 1) (of a sick or injured person) return to ill health after a period of improvement. 2) (relapse into) return to (a worse or less active state). ► NOUN ▪ a return to ill health after a temporary improvement. ORIGIN Latin relabi slip back …   English terms dictionary

• relapse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute VERB + RELAPSE ▪ experience, suffer ▪ cause, precipitate, trigger ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• relapse — re‧lapse [rɪˈlæps] verb [intransitive] to start to get worse again after things had seemed to improve: relapse into • The U.S., after a brief recovery mid year, is relapsing into a second slump. relapse [rɪˈlæps ǁ ˈriːlæps] noun [singular] : •… …   Financial and business terms

• relapse — I noun backsliding, declension, declination, decline, degeneration, deterioration, escheat, fall, lapse, reddere, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recrudescency, recurrence, regress, regression, reoccurrence, repetition, retrocession,… …   Law dictionary

• relapse — verb (I) 1 to become ill again after you have seemed to improve 2 to start to behave badly again or become less active (+ into): Clara relapsed into her usual sulky manner. relapse noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• relapse — verb (i) /rəˈlæps / (say ruh laps) (relapsed, relapsing) 1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence. 2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery. 3. to fall back into wrongdoing… …  

• relapse — [[t]rɪlæ̱ps[/t]] relapses, relapsing, relapsed (The noun can be pronounced [[t]rɪlæ̱ps[/t]] or [[t]ri͟ːlæps[/t]].) 1) VERB If you say that someone relapses into a way of behaving that is undesirable, you mean that they start to behave in that way …   English dictionary

• relapse — I UK [rɪˈlæps] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms relapse : present tense I/you/we/they relapse he/she/it relapses present participle relapsing past tense relapsed past participle relapsed 1) to become ill again after you had been getting better …   English dictionary

• relapse — 1. verb 1) a few patients relapse Syn: get ill/worse again, have/suffer a relapse, deteriorate, degenerate, take a turn for the worse Ant: improve 2) she relapsed into silence Syn: revert …   Thesaurus of popular words

• relapse — re|lapse1 [ rı læps ] verb intransitive 1. ) to become sick again after you had been getting better 2. ) to return to your previous character or behavior: relapse into: Annie shook her head and relapsed into silence again. relapse re|lapse 2 [ rı …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• relapse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin relapsus, from Latin relabi to slide back, from re + labi to slide more at sleep Date: 15th century 1. the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding 2. a recurrence of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary