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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
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