Regress - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈɡres|
Brit.
|rɪˈɡres|
noun
- the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
- returning to a former state (syn: regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion)
- returning to a former state (syn: regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion)
verb
- go back to a statistical means
- go back to a previous state (syn: retrovert, return, revert, turn back)
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition (syn: retrograde, retrogress)
- go back to bad behavior (syn: fall back, lapse, relapse, retrogress)
- go back to a previous state (syn: retrovert, return, revert, turn back)
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition (syn: retrograde, retrogress)
- go back to bad behavior (syn: fall back, lapse, relapse, retrogress)
Extra examples
The patient is regressing to a childlike state.
...in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood...
The patient had regressed to a state of childish dependency.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: regress
he/she/it: regresses
present participle: regressing
past tense: regressed
past participle: regressed
I/you/we/they: regress
he/she/it: regresses
present participle: regressing
past tense: regressed
past participle: regressed
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