Regress definition and meaning

Regress definition: When people or things regress , they return to an earlier and less advanced stage of… | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Word Frequency


regress


(


rɪgr

e

s



)

Word forms:


3rd person singular present
tense


regresses


,


present participle


regressing


,


past tense



,

past participle


regressed


verb

When people or things

regress

, they return to an

earlier

and less

advanced

stage of

development

.



[

formal

]


…if your child regresses to babyish behaviour.


Such countries are not ‘developing’ at all, but regressing.


regression


(


rɪgr

e

ʃ

ə

n



)

Word forms:


plural


regressions


variable noun


This can cause regression in a pupil’s learning process.


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Word Frequency


regress


in British English


verb


(


rɪˈɡrɛs



)


1.



(

intransitive

)

to

return

or

revert

, as to a former place, condition, or

mode

of

behaviour


2.



(

transitive

)



statistics

to measure the

extent

to which (a

dependent


variable

) is

associated

with one or more

independent

variables


noun


(


ˈriːɡrɛs



)


3.

the act of regressing


4.

movement in a

backward

direction; retrogression


5.


logic


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Derived forms



regressor


(

reˈgressor

)


noun

Word origin

C14: from Latin

regressus

a retreat, from

regredī

to go back, from

re-

+

gradī

to go

Word Frequency


regress


in American English


(


ˈrigrɛs



;


for v.


rɪˈgrɛs



)


noun


1.


2.

the right or

privilege

of this


3.

backward movement; retrogression


verb intransitive


4.

to

go

back; return; move backward


5.

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Derived forms



regressor


(

reˈgressor

)


noun

Word origin

ME

regresse

< L

regressus,

pp. of

regredi,

to go back, return <

re-

, back +

gradi,

to go: see

grade

Word Frequency


regress


in American English


(



verb

rɪˈɡres



,


noun

ˈriɡres


)


intransitive verb


1.

to move backward; go back


2.

to revert to an earlier or less advanced state or form


noun


3.

the act of going back; return


4.

the right to go back


5.

backward movement or

course

; retrogression
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Derived forms


regressor


noun

Word origin


[

1325–75; ME

regresse

(n.) ‹ L

regressus

a returning, going back, equiv. to

re-


re-

+

-gred-

, comb. form of

gradī

to step, walk, go +

-tus

suffix of v. action, with

dt

˃

ss


]

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