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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•gress /v. rɪˈgrɛs; n. ˈrigrɛs/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to move backward;
go back, esp. to an earlier, worse, or less advanced state or form:For a while the patient was making progress, but now he seems to be regressing.
n. [uncountable] - the act of regressing.
re•gres•sion /rɪˈgrɛʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] re•gres•sive /rɪˈgrɛsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. See -gress-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•gress (v. ri gres′;n. rē′gres),USA pronunciation v.i. - to move backward;
go back. - to revert to an earlier or less advanced state or form.
n. - the act of going back;
return. - the right to go back.
- backward movement or course;
retrogression.
- Latin regressus a returning, going back, equivalent. to re- re- + -gred-, combining form of gradī to step, walk, go + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action, with dt ss
- Middle English regresse (noun, nominal) 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged revert, retreat, backslide, lapse, ebb.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: regress vb /rɪˈɡrɛs/- (intransitive) to return or revert, as to a former place, condition, or mode of behaviour
- (transitive) to measure the extent to which (a dependent variable) is associated with one or more independent variables
n /ˈriːɡrɛs/- movement in a backward direction; retrogression
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin regressus a retreat, from regredī to go back, from re- + gradī to goreˈgressor n |