regress

English

Etymology

(verb) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin regressus, past participle of regredi (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradi (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈɡɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

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Noun

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

2. The power or liberty of passing back.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Coordinate terms

• (permission): ingress, egress

Derived terms

• infinite regress
• Ryle's regress

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.
3. (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 of Y.

Synonyms

• backslide

Antonyms

• proceed
• progress

Translations

to move backwards to an earlier stage

• Catalan: retrocedir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 退步 (teoi³bou⁶)

  Mandarin: 退步 (zh) (tuìbù)

  Min Nan: 退步 (zh-min-nan) (thè-pō͘ / thòe-pō͘)

• Dutch: teruggaan (nl)
• French: régresser (fr)
• Greek: υποστρέφω (el) (ypostréfo)
• Irish: aischéimnigh
• Japanese: 退歩する (たいほする, taiho suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 퇴보하다 (ko) (toebohada)
• Lithuanian: grįžimas
• Macedonian: назадува (nazaduva)
• Maori: tauheke
• Polish: uwsteczniać impf, uwsteczniać się impf, cofać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: regredir, retroceder (pt)
• Romanian: regresa (ro)
• Russian: регресси́ровать (ru) n (regressírovatʹ)
• Spanish: retrogradar (es), retroceder (es)

Related terms

• regression
• regressive

Further reading

• “regress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “regress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “regress”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• sergers

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin regressus (“back step”), from re- (“back”) +‎ gressus (“step”).

Noun

regress

1. regress.

Declension

Declension of regress

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

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN