regress
Collocations
4VERB + REGRESS
make, progress
REGRESS + NOUN
man, x, y
PREP.
on
ADV.
physically
Definitions
noun
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.
The power or liberty of passing back.
Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.
The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
verb
To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
Your nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed.
To move in the retrograde direction.
To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — returning to a former state
- regression
- reversion
- retrogression
- retroversion
verb — go back to bad behavior
- relapse
- lapse
- recidivate
- retrogress
verb — get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.
WiktionaryThou shalt have egresse and regresse.
WiktionaryYour nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed.
WiktionaryWhen we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.
WiktionaryThey regressed me, putting me under hypnosis. Then, through the hypnosis, they found out that our car was abducted right off the road and into a craft.
WiktionaryTom wishes sometimes that he could physically regress to an age of his choice so that people wouldn't look at him with disgust.
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