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Regress
rɪˈɡrɛs
Regress definitions
verb
regress
regressed
regresses
regressing
- return to a former or less developed state
"some children have regressed in basic language and social skills"
- return mentally to a former stage of life or a supposed previous life, especially through hypnosis
"she claims to be able to regress to the Roman era"
- 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"
noun
regress
regresses
- the action of returning to a former or less developed state
"the measure is totally unsuitable for judging the progress or regress of economies over time"
- 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)