regress
Meaning of regress
- return to a former or less developed state.
they would not regress to pre-technological tribalism
- calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable.
a model in which C and Y are regressed on the same variables
- move in a retrograde direction.
a planet regularly regresses
- the action of returning to a former or less developed state.
the regress is a return to Puritan values
a regress to the nursery
- a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion (e.g. defining something in terms of itself).
late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’, from re- ‘back’ + gradi ‘to walk’.
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Hyphenation of regress
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
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regress synonyms
Meaning regression:
regression, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
Meaning revert:
Meaning retrograde:
Meaning relapse:
relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress
Meaning relapse into bad ways or error:
Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:
Meaning become progressively worse:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
Meaning make or become worse:
Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:
Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning (of tidewater) move away from the land; recede:
Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:
Meaning sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply:
regress antonyms
Meaning move forward or onward in space or time:
Meaning make or become better:
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