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regress
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[ˌriːˈɡrɛs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- return to a former or less developed state
(e.g: some children have regressed in basic language and social skills)
- calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable
(e.g: a model in which C and Y are regressed on the same variables)
- move in a retrograde direction
(e.g: a planet regularly regresses)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’, from re- ‘back’ + gradi ‘to walk’
[ˈriːɡrɛs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the action of returning to a former or less developed state
(e.g: the measure is totally unsuitable for judging the progress or regress of economies over time)
- 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)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’, from re- ‘back’ + gradi ‘to walk’
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