ricadere — meaning in English

English meaning

• relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
• spin-off noun A television programme, film or book built around a character, setting or idea taken from an existing one.

Senses

ricadere is used for these senses in English:

• relapse (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
• spin off (transitive) To create (something) as a by-product or a secondary derived work.

relapse — full definition

1. verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
2. noun An occasion of falling back into illness, a bad habit, or a previous state.

spin-off — full definition

1. noun A television programme, film or book built around a character, setting or idea taken from an existing one.
2. noun A company created by separating part of a larger business into an independent entity, usually with shares handed to the existing shareholders.
3. noun An unintended but useful by-product of some other activity.

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