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Webster 1913 Edition
Regress
1.
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”.
F. Harrison.
2.
The power or liberty of passing back.
Shak.
Re-gress′
(r?-gr?s′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Regressed
(-gr?st′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Regressing
.] To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Regress
RE'GRESS
,Noun.
1.
Passage back; return; as ingress and regress.2.
The power of returning or passing back.Definition 2024
regress
regress
English
Noun
regress (plural regresses)
- The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
- Frederic Harrison
- Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.
- Frederic Harrison
- The power or liberty of passing back.
- William Shakespeare
- Thou shalt have egress and regress.
- William Shakespeare
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Verb
regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)
- (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
- (transitive, statistics) 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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to move backwards to an earlier stage
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Related terms
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Latin regressus - back step, from re- back and gressus - step.
Noun
regress
Declension
Declension of regress
| nominative | regress |
|---|---|
| genitive | regressniñ |
| dative | regresske |
| accusative | regressni |
| locative | regresste |
| ablative | regressten |
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8