English Explanatory Dictionary

regress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
  2. The power or liberty of passing back.
  3. The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
verb
  1. To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
  2. To re-develop behavior one had previously grown out of, particularly a behavior left behind in childhood.
  3. To move in the retrograde direction.
  4. To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
  5. To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
  6. To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regress (noun).wav /ɹɪˈɡɹɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regress (verb).wav

Word forms

regress regresses regressing regressed

Etymology

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.

Synonyms

retrogress backslide reconvert deconvert regress

Antonyms

advance proceed progress

Related words

regression regressive

Derived words

age regress infinite regress ingress, egress, and regress regress argument Ryle's regress regressand regresser regressor

Translations

Belarusian: рэгрэсі́раваць Bulgarian: движа се назад Catalan: retrocedir Chinese Cantonese: 退步 Chinese: 退步 Chinese Mandarin: 退步 Dutch: teruggaan Finnish: taantua Finnish: regressoida Finnish: regressoitua French: régresser German: sich zurückbilden Greek: υποστρέφω Hindi: अवनति Irish: aischéimnigh Irish: téigh ar gcúl Irish: cúlaigh Japanese: 後退する Japanese: 退歩する Korean: 퇴보하다 Lithuanian: grįžimas Macedonian: назадува Māori: tauheke Polish: uwsteczniać Polish: uwsteczniać się Polish: cofać Portuguese: regredir Portuguese: retroceder Romanian: regresa Russian: регресси́ровать Spanish: retrogradar Spanish: retroceder Ukrainian: регресува́ти
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