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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈʁʏkʔɛntˌvɪkl̩n/
"Ohne kontinuierliches Training können die Fähigkeiten schnell rückentwickeln."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To return to a former, worse, or less developed state.
"After a brief period of economic recovery, the country began to retrogress into high inflation and poverty." - 2
To move backward or in a reverse direction.
"The spacecraft's orbit appeared to retrogress relative to the planet's rotation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb retrogradi, formed from retro- meaning 'backward' and gradi meaning 'to walk or step'. It entered English in the late 16th century via back-formation from retrogression, shifting from an astronomical sense of moving backward to a general meaning of declining to a worse state.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Retrogress" is said worldwide
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régresser
Transliteration: /ʁe.ɡʁe.se/
"La situation économique risque de régresser si les réformes sont arrêtées."
rückentwickeln
Transliteration: /ˈʁʏkʔɛntˌvɪkl̩n/
"Ohne kontinuierliches Training können die Fähigkeiten schnell rückentwickeln."
regredire
Transliteration: /re.ɡreˈdi.re/
"Il paziente ha iniziato a regredire dopo la sospensione della terapia."
regresar
Transliteration: /re.ɣɾeˈsaɾ/
"No debemos permitir que la sociedad vuelva a regresar a prácticas obsoletas."
retroceder
Transliteration: /ʁe.tɾo.seˈdeɾ/
"O projeto começou a retroceder devido à falta de financiamento."
पतन होना
Transliteration: patan hona
"नैतिक मूल्यों में गिरावट से समाज का पतन होने लगता है।"
退化
Transliteration: tuìhuà
"如果缺乏练习，这项技能就会退化。"
퇴보하다
Transliteration: toebohada
"우리의 기술 발전이 정치적 갈등 때문에 퇴보해서는 안 된다."
退化する
Transliteration: taika suru
"文明は時として予期せぬ理由で退化することがある。"
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