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Word: Regress
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’, from re- ‘back’ + gradi ‘to walk’
rɪˈɡrɛs
ˌriːˈɡrɛs
return to a former or less developed state
Short Definition:return to former or less developed state
Examples:- they would not regress to pre-technological tribalism
calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable
Short Definition:calculate coefficient or coefficients of regression of variable against or on another variable
Examples:- a model in which C and Y are regressed on the same variables
move in a retrograde direction
Short Definition:move in retrograde direction
Examples:- a planet regularly regresses
Word: Regress
Speech Type: Noun
ˈriːɡrɛs
the action of returning to a former or less developed state
Short Definition:action of returning to former or less developed state
Examples:- the regress is a return to Puritan values
- a regress to the nursery
a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion (e.g. defining something in terms of itself).
Short Definition:series of statements in which logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching useful conclusion
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