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verb
- 1. return to a former or less developed state: "art has been regressing toward adolescence for more than a generation now"
- 2. 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"
noun
- 1. the action of returning to a former or less developed state: "the regress is a return to Puritan values"
- 2. 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).
1. a. : an act or the privilege of going or coming back. b. : reentry sense 1. 2. : movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition. 3. : the act of reasoning backward.
to return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way of behaving: She suffered brain damage from the car accident and regressed to the mental age of a five-year-old. He says the city has regressed in terms of participation in recycling. Compare. progress noun. Fewer examples. It's almost like we've regressed to the 1950s.
to return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way of behaving: She suffered brain damage from the car accident and regressed to the mental age of a five-year-old. He says the city has regressed in terms of participation in recycling. Compare. progress noun. Fewer examples. It's almost like we've regressed to the 1950s.
regress. verb. intr to return or revert, as to a former place, condition, or mode of behaviour. tr statistics to measure the extent to which (a dependent variable) is associated with one or more independent variables. noun. the act of regressing. movement in a backward direction; retrogression.
To regress is to return to a former state or condition, and not usually in a good way. It often means "relapse" or "get worse." First used in the late 14th century as a noun meaning "act of going back," regress originates from the Latin regress, meaning "a return."
regress (to something) to return to an earlier or less advanced form or way of behaving Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus , from regredi ‘go back, return’, from re- ‘back’ + gradi ‘walk’.
4 days ago · 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.
