regress

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
2. The power or liberty of passing back.
3. The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Verb

1. To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
3. To move in the retrograde direction.
4. To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
5. To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
6. To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

Sinònims

retrogress

relapse

fall back

revert

retrogression

recede

return

retreat

back up

backslide

retrograde

reversion

retroversion

degenerate

reasoning backward

delay

go back

recidivate

recoil

step back

turn back

walk back

regression

lapse

go backward

move backward

retrovert

recovery

regurgitate

resist

retire

retrace

send back

set back

shelve

shrink

step aside

accommodate

yield

fall backwards

go backwards

throw back

withdraw

adjourn

allow

assign

backtrack

backward

bow out

budge

cede

climb down

decline

defer

downturn

drop

drop back

ebb

flinch

flow back

give back

give way

grant

involution

postpone

procrastinate

pull back

push back

put off

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/

Etimologia (anglès)

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