CEFR B2

regredience

noun

Meaning

regredience means a going back; a retrogression. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses regredience to mean a going back; a retrogression.
The teacher asked students to find regredience in the reading.

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regredience (B2)

noun

Definition

regredience means a going back; a retrogression. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses regredience to mean a going back; a retrogression.
The teacher asked students to find regredience in the reading.

How to Use regredience

a/the regredience (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a regredience."
regredience in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked regredience in context before translating it."

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