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How to pronounce “relapse”
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Pronunciation guide for relapse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of relapse with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Willpower Instinct
to relapse, they were stronger against relapse and this is a very high correlation, .70,
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
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How to pronounce relapse
The Willpower Instinct

to relapse, they were stronger against relapse and this is a very high correlation, .70,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “relapse”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- [Noun]
- The act or situation of relapsing.
- (medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
- (obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
- [Adjective]
- (religion) relapsed
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