REGRESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does regress mean?
• REGRESS (noun)
The noun REGRESS has 2 senses:
1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
2. returning to a former state
Familiarity information: REGRESS used as a noun is rare.
• REGRESS (verb)
The verb REGRESS has 4 senses:
1. go back to a statistical means
2. go back to a previous state
3. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
4. go back to bad behavior
Familiarity information: REGRESS used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REGRESS (noun)
Meaning:
The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
regress; reasoning backward
Hypernyms ("regress" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Meaning:
Returning to a former state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
regress; retrogression; retroversion; regression; reversion
Hypernyms ("regress" is a kind of...):
reversal (a change from one state to the opposite state)
• REGRESS (verb)
Meaning:
Go back to a statistical means
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "regress" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Go back to a previous state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
retrovert; revert; turn back; regress; return
Context example:
We reverted to the old rules
Hypernyms (to "regress" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regress"):
fall back; lapse; recidivate; regress; relapse; retrogress (go back to bad behavior)
resile (return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed)
go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
retrogress; regress; retrograde
Hypernyms (to "regress" is one way to...):
decline; worsen (grow worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regress"):
drop off; fall back; fall behind; lose; recede (retreat)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
progress (develop in a positive way)
Meaning:
Go back to bad behavior
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
recidivate; retrogress; relapse; regress; lapse; fall back
Context example:
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
Hypernyms (to "regress" is one way to...):
regress; retrovert; return; revert; turn back (go back to a previous state)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
