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verb (used without object)
1.
to move backward; go back.
2.
to revert to an earlier or less advanced state or form.
noun
3.
the act of going back; return.
4.
the right to go back.
5.
backward movement or course; retrogression.
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Regress
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English regresse (noun) < Latin regressus a returning, going back, equivalent to re- re- + -gred-, combining form of gradī to step, walk, go + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss
1325–75; Middle English regresse (noun) < Latin regressus a returning, going back, equivalent to re- re- + -gred-, combining form of gradī to step, walk, go + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss
Related forms
re·gres·sor, noun
Synonyms
1. revert, retreat, backslide, lapse, ebb.
1. revert, retreat, backslide, lapse, ebb.
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Example Sentences
- Its vision of modernity reflects not progress but regress.
- Now his lyrics are either coded with warning and regret, or they regress to a purer and more childish form of complaint.
- It never ceases to amaze me how people can regress so completely into abject denial.
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World English Dictionary
| regress | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to return or revert, as to a former place, condition, or mode of behaviour |
| 2. | (tr) statistics to measure the extent to which (a dependent variable) is associated with one or more independent variables |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act of regressing |
| 4. | movement in a backward direction; retrogression |
| 5. | logic a supposed explanation each stage of which requires to be similarly explained, as saying that knowledge requires a justification in terms of propositions themselves known to be true |
| [C14: from Latin regressus a retreat, from regredī to go back, from | |
| re'gressor | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
regress
late 14c. (n.), "act of going back," from L. regressus "a return," from regress-, pp. stem of regredi "to go back," from re- "back" + gradi "to step, walk" (see grade). The verb meaning "to move backward" is recorded from 1823; the psychological sense of "to return to an earlier
EXPANDstage of life" is attested from 1926. Regressive is recorded from 1630s; in ref. to taxation, it is attested from 1889.
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