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Definition of Regress

1. Verb. Go back to a statistical means.

2. Noun. The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence.

3. Verb. Go back to a previous state. "We reverted to the old rules"

4. Noun. Returning to a former state.

5. Verb. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.

6. Verb. Go back to bad behavior. "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

Definition of Regress

1. n. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

2. v. i. To go back; to return to a former place or state.

Definition of Regress

1. Noun. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. ¹

2. Noun. The power or liberty of passing back. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regress

1. to go back [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Regress

1. To return or go back. For example, if a 5-year-old child begins to regress (and function like a much younger child), that is worrisome. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regress

regreases regreasing regrede regreded regredes regredience regreding regreen regreened regreening

regreens regreet regreeted regreeting regreets regress (current term) regressand regressed regresses regressing

regressing atypical histiocytosis regression regression analysis regression coefficient regression curve regression equation regression line regression of the mean regression of y on x regression to the mean

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