Antonym of “advance”
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As the word "advance" is used as a verb in the following context:
"Advance to the next page"
what would be an appropriate antonym that would make the most sense in a user interface and have neutral connotation?
Is "Go back" the closest thing? I can possibly see "return to", but that doesn't seem to fit very well.
I know there's quite few antonyms, but most of them seem to have a negative connotation.
verbs antonyms
edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
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asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
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As the word "advance" is used as a verb in the following context:
"Advance to the next page"
what would be an appropriate antonym that would make the most sense in a user interface and have neutral connotation?
Is "Go back" the closest thing? I can possibly see "return to", but that doesn't seem to fit very well.
I know there's quite few antonyms, but most of them seem to have a negative connotation.
verbs antonyms
edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
18411
asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
1135
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Well, you could always use "retreat".
– Hot Licks
Mar 11 '15 at 1:18
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Go back (and go forward). Or back (and forward). Or previous (and next) page.
– Drew
Mar 11 '15 at 2:30
3
If you're writing a choose your own adventure, use advance for either direction.
– Ian MacDonald
Mar 11 '15 at 2:38
advance to x, return to x.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:15
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As the word "advance" is used as a verb in the following context:
"Advance to the next page"
what would be an appropriate antonym that would make the most sense in a user interface and have neutral connotation?
Is "Go back" the closest thing? I can possibly see "return to", but that doesn't seem to fit very well.
I know there's quite few antonyms, but most of them seem to have a negative connotation.
verbs antonyms
edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
18411
asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
1135
As the word "advance" is used as a verb in the following context:
"Advance to the next page"
what would be an appropriate antonym that would make the most sense in a user interface and have neutral connotation?
Is "Go back" the closest thing? I can possibly see "return to", but that doesn't seem to fit very well.
I know there's quite few antonyms, but most of them seem to have a negative connotation.
verbs antonyms
verbs antonyms
edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
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asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
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edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
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asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
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edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
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edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
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edited Apr 1 at 14:23
DaveInCaz
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18411
asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
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asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
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asked Mar 11 '15 at 1:17
GhostCoderGhostCoder
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Well, you could always use "retreat".
– Hot Licks
Mar 11 '15 at 1:18
1
Go back (and go forward). Or back (and forward). Or previous (and next) page.
– Drew
Mar 11 '15 at 2:30
3
If you're writing a choose your own adventure, use advance for either direction.
– Ian MacDonald
Mar 11 '15 at 2:38
advance to x, return to x.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:15
add a comment |
2
Well, you could always use "retreat".
– Hot Licks
Mar 11 '15 at 1:18
1
Go back (and go forward). Or back (and forward). Or previous (and next) page.
– Drew
Mar 11 '15 at 2:30
3
If you're writing a choose your own adventure, use advance for either direction.
– Ian MacDonald
Mar 11 '15 at 2:38
advance to x, return to x.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:15
2
2
Well, you could always use "retreat".
– Hot Licks
Mar 11 '15 at 1:18
Well, you could always use "retreat".
– Hot Licks
Mar 11 '15 at 1:18
1
1
Go back (and go forward). Or back (and forward). Or previous (and next) page.
– Drew
Mar 11 '15 at 2:30
Go back (and go forward). Or back (and forward). Or previous (and next) page.
– Drew
Mar 11 '15 at 2:30
3
3
If you're writing a choose your own adventure, use advance for either direction.
– Ian MacDonald
Mar 11 '15 at 2:38
If you're writing a choose your own adventure, use advance for either direction.
– Ian MacDonald
Mar 11 '15 at 2:38
advance to x, return to x.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:15
advance to x, return to x.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:15
add a comment |
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Advance is awkward in that context. Simply say, "Go to the next page." The opposite is "Go back to the previous page."
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
add a comment |
3
The classic antonym of advance is 'retire'. It's usually used in a military context, but can be used in other ways. It's not normally used of going back a page, but it would be understood. "Go back" would certainly be simpler.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
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"Return" seems to be appropriate for the context you describe.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
1
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
add a comment |
1
Try - "Pull back/away" or "recede".
In my opinion the context would determine the exact opposite.
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
add a comment |
0
Why not use "return" or "revisit" so as to avoid negative connotation?
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:42
wys1wygwys1wyg
38816
Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
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Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
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Advance is awkward in that context. Simply say, "Go to the next page." The opposite is "Go back to the previous page."
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
add a comment |
1
Advance is awkward in that context. Simply say, "Go to the next page." The opposite is "Go back to the previous page."
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
add a comment |
1
1
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Advance is awkward in that context. Simply say, "Go to the next page." The opposite is "Go back to the previous page."
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
Advance is awkward in that context. Simply say, "Go to the next page." The opposite is "Go back to the previous page."
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
answered Mar 11 '15 at 4:37
Gary Clay RectorGary Clay Rector
31216
31216
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
add a comment |
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
It would seem "go back" is the best option; the other option for certain contexts would just be "next" and "previous", but I was curious if there was an appropriate antonym. Thanks for everyone's input
– GhostCoder
Mar 12 '15 at 17:15
add a comment |
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The classic antonym of advance is 'retire'. It's usually used in a military context, but can be used in other ways. It's not normally used of going back a page, but it would be understood. "Go back" would certainly be simpler.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
add a comment |
3
The classic antonym of advance is 'retire'. It's usually used in a military context, but can be used in other ways. It's not normally used of going back a page, but it would be understood. "Go back" would certainly be simpler.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
add a comment |
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The classic antonym of advance is 'retire'. It's usually used in a military context, but can be used in other ways. It's not normally used of going back a page, but it would be understood. "Go back" would certainly be simpler.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
The classic antonym of advance is 'retire'. It's usually used in a military context, but can be used in other ways. It's not normally used of going back a page, but it would be understood. "Go back" would certainly be simpler.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
answered Mar 11 '15 at 3:24
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.4k12536
11.4k12536
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
add a comment |
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
advance and retreat I should have thought....
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:16
add a comment |
2
"Return" seems to be appropriate for the context you describe.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
1
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
add a comment |
2
"Return" seems to be appropriate for the context you describe.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
1
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
add a comment |
2
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"Return" seems to be appropriate for the context you describe.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
"Return" seems to be appropriate for the context you describe.
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:45
user113285user113285
211
211
1
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
add a comment |
1
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
1
1
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
Return is not an exact antonym, as it implies going somewhere you have been before. If you open a book at page 3 you can advance to page 4, or go back to page 2, but you cannot return to page 2.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:23
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
@DJClayworth Go back has the same connotation: if you open the book on page 3, you cannot really go back to page 2 either. You can go to page 4, or you can go to page 2. The default supposition in turning pages, however, is that you start from the beginning of the book and turn one page at a time, and any instructions given are automatically understood as being intended for that scenario. “Go to previous page” would also be meaningless if you open the book on page 3, whereas if you’re just leafing through, it might mean go from page 3 to page 47.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 11 '15 at 15:25
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
"Go back" may mean "go to somewhere you have been before", but it may also mean "move in a backwards direction", like a car in reverse gear. The car is still "going back" even it has never been to the place it is reversing towards.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 15:28
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
I am here on this forum on this "page"; I shall leave this page and shall return later to this page.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:18
add a comment |
1
Try - "Pull back/away" or "recede".
In my opinion the context would determine the exact opposite.
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
add a comment |
1
Try - "Pull back/away" or "recede".
In my opinion the context would determine the exact opposite.
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
add a comment |
1
1
1
Try - "Pull back/away" or "recede".
In my opinion the context would determine the exact opposite.
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
Try - "Pull back/away" or "recede".
In my opinion the context would determine the exact opposite.
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
edited Apr 1 at 17:13
James Random
4238
4238
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
answered Mar 11 '15 at 13:39
ManishManish
1,78131125
1,78131125
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
add a comment |
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
Why is this answer shown as a quotation?
– DaveInCaz
Apr 1 at 12:40
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
pull back or recede to a page? Really?
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:17
add a comment |
0
Why not use "return" or "revisit" so as to avoid negative connotation?
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:42
wys1wygwys1wyg
38816
Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
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Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
add a comment |
0
Why not use "return" or "revisit" so as to avoid negative connotation?
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:42
wys1wygwys1wyg
38816
Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
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Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
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Why not use "return" or "revisit" so as to avoid negative connotation?
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Why not use "return" or "revisit" so as to avoid negative connotation?
answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:42
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answered Mar 11 '15 at 2:42
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Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
1
Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
add a comment |
Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
1
Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Though now I'm thinking of many entertaining ones with negative connotations: "fall back," "retrogress," "evacuate."
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
P.S. Please tell me your last name in IPA?
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 2:47
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Both 'return' and 'revisit' implies you have been there before, which is not necessarily the case.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 3:26
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
Any antonym of advance would imply that, no? To go back you have to have gone before.
– wys1wyg
Mar 11 '15 at 3:46
1
1
Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
Not necessarily. If I open a book at page 3, I can 'advance' to page 4. I can't 'return' to page 2, because I have never been there.
– DJClayworth
Mar 11 '15 at 13:13
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Well, you could always use "retreat".
– Hot Licks
Mar 11 '15 at 1:18
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Go back (and go forward). Or back (and forward). Or previous (and next) page.
– Drew
Mar 11 '15 at 2:30
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If you're writing a choose your own adventure, use advance for either direction.
– Ian MacDonald
Mar 11 '15 at 2:38
advance to x, return to x.
– Lambie
Apr 1 at 17:15