regress

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

regress (uncountable)

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

   What is the progress or regress of man?

2. The power or liberty of passing back.

Derived terms

• infinite regress

Verb

regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

   When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those Y.

Synonyms

• backslide

Antonyms

• proceed
• progress

Translations

to move backwards to an earlier stage

• Macedonian: назадува (mk) (nazáduva)
• Portuguese: regredir (pt)
• Romanian: regresa (ro)

• Russian: регрессировать (ru) (regressírovatʼ) n

Related terms

• regression
• regressive

External links

• regress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regress in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• regress at OneLook Dictionary Search

---

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin regressus - back step, from re- back and gressus - step.

Noun

regress

1. regress.

Declension

    declension of regress

nominative	regress
genitive	regressniñ
dative	regresske
accusative	regressni
locative	regresste
ablative	regressten

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]