regress

Значение (Английский)

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/

Этимология (Английский)

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