Regress
verb
To return to a previous state, or to become worse.
After years of progress, the country seems to be regressing.
Often appears as...
- regress to the mean
- regress to a former state
verb
To go backwards in a process, often to an earlier stage of development.
The child seemed to regress to a previous stage of behavior after his brother was born.
Often appears as...
- regress to childhood
- regress to a previous state
verb
In psychology, to return to an earlier stage of development psychologically or behaviorally.
Under stress, people may regress to behaviors common in their childhood.
Often appears as...
- regress under stress
- regress to a younger age
Usage tips
Academic
verb
In statistics, to determine the relationship among variables.
We will regress these variables to see if there is a relationship.
Often appears as...
- regress variables
- regress data
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To return to a previous state, or to become worse.
After years of progress, the country seems to be regressing.
Often appears as...
- regress to the mean
- regress to a former state
verb
To go backwards in a process, often to an earlier stage of development.
The child seemed to regress to a previous stage of behavior after his brother was born.
Often appears as...
- regress to childhood
- regress to a previous state
verb
In psychology, to return to an earlier stage of development psychologically or behaviorally.
Under stress, people may regress to behaviors common in their childhood.
Often appears as...
- regress under stress
- regress to a younger age
Usage tips
Academic
verb
In statistics, to determine the relationship among variables.
We will regress these variables to see if there is a relationship.
Often appears as...
- regress variables
- regress data
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'regress' implies a deterioration or negative reversal, often unintentional.
Once an excellent student, he regressed into bad habits.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Regress' usually describes behavior or conditions, not physical movement.
After the divorce, his mental health regressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Over Time
When 'regress' is used, it indicates changes that happen gradually rather than instantly.
Her language skills slowly regressed after she moved back to her homeland.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'regress' implies a deterioration or negative reversal, often unintentional.
Once an excellent student, he regressed into bad habits.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Regress' usually describes behavior or conditions, not physical movement.
After the divorce, his mental health regressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Over Time
When 'regress' is used, it indicates changes that happen gradually rather than instantly.
Her language skills slowly regressed after she moved back to her homeland.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'regress' implies a deterioration or negative reversal, often unintentional.
Once an excellent student, he regressed into bad habits.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Regress' usually describes behavior or conditions, not physical movement.
After the divorce, his mental health regressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Over Time
When 'regress' is used, it indicates changes that happen gradually rather than instantly.
Her language skills slowly regressed after she moved back to her homeland.
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Video examples
A future beyond traffic...
frankly when we just go out and want to move around we don't want to regress and lose that freedom we're on our way to solving and as I said earlier I know we've got a long way to go the one big issue that we're all focused on that threatens it and that's the environmental issue but I believe we all
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Bill Ford: A future...
the automobile has allowed us the freedom to choose where we live, where we work, where we play and frankly when we just go out and want to move around. We don't want to regress and lose that freedom. We're on our way to solving -- and as I said earlier, I know we've got a long way to go --
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Inside the bizarre world...
People make hashtags trend or not trend. People make societies progress or regress. When we internalize that fact, we can stop waiting for some inevitable future to arrive and actually get to work now. You know, we've all been taught that the arc of the moral universe is long
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Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs...
We're entering a second generation of no progress in terms of human flight in space. In fact, we've regressed. We stand a very big chance of losing our ability to inspire our youth to go out and continue this very important thing that we as a species have always done.
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Alexandra Fuller: Born...
half-life of apartheid you know we can all have truth and reconciliation that's not the end how do you how do you dig out all that propaganda and all that hurt and all that oppression from the hearts of so many people how do you regress that imbalance I mean when we
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The healing power of...
I didn't recognize his handwriting, he had made simple spelling mistakes. And I thought to myself that as a teacher, I knew that a student could dramatically improve in a very quick amount of time, but I never thought that a student could dramatically regress.
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How to rebuild the world...
for moving things around we burnt fuel in our cars and our trucks and what you really want to be able to avoid in this post-apocalyptic scenario it's for your society to regress to a state like this we've lost mechanization you can't run
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Shukla Bose: Teaching...
so that they don't regress. We have about three fathers who have been trained to cook. We have taught them nutrition, hygiene. We have helped them set up the kitchen and now they are supplying food to all our children.
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Why do some people go...
After this productive period, signals within the skin instruct some follicles to enter a new phase known as catagen, or the regressing stage, causing hair follicles to shrink to a fraction of their original length.
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A new superweapon in the...
plus, we have the dox in the core. And look -- we found that not only did the tumors stop growing, they actually decreased in size and were eliminated in some cases. The tumors were actually regressing.
Video examples
A future beyond traffic...
frankly when we just go out and want to move around we don't want to regress and lose that freedom we're on our way to solving and as I said earlier I know we've got a long way to go the one big issue that we're all focused on that threatens it and that's the environmental issue but I believe we all
Video examples
Bill Ford: A future...
the automobile has allowed us the freedom to choose where we live, where we work, where we play and frankly when we just go out and want to move around. We don't want to regress and lose that freedom. We're on our way to solving -- and as I said earlier, I know we've got a long way to go --
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
People make hashtags trend or not trend. People make societies progress or regress. When we internalize that fact, we can stop waiting for some inevitable future to arrive and actually get to work now. You know, we've all been taught that the arc of the moral universe is long
Video examples
Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs...
We're entering a second generation of no progress in terms of human flight in space. In fact, we've regressed. We stand a very big chance of losing our ability to inspire our youth to go out and continue this very important thing that we as a species have always done.
Video examples
Alexandra Fuller: Born...
half-life of apartheid you know we can all have truth and reconciliation that's not the end how do you how do you dig out all that propaganda and all that hurt and all that oppression from the hearts of so many people how do you regress that imbalance I mean when we
Video examples
The healing power of...
I didn't recognize his handwriting, he had made simple spelling mistakes. And I thought to myself that as a teacher, I knew that a student could dramatically improve in a very quick amount of time, but I never thought that a student could dramatically regress.
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
for moving things around we burnt fuel in our cars and our trucks and what you really want to be able to avoid in this post-apocalyptic scenario it's for your society to regress to a state like this we've lost mechanization you can't run
Video examples
Shukla Bose: Teaching...
so that they don't regress. We have about three fathers who have been trained to cook. We have taught them nutrition, hygiene. We have helped them set up the kitchen and now they are supplying food to all our children.
Video examples
Why do some people go...
After this productive period, signals within the skin instruct some follicles to enter a new phase known as catagen, or the regressing stage, causing hair follicles to shrink to a fraction of their original length.
Video examples
A new superweapon in the...
plus, we have the dox in the core. And look -- we found that not only did the tumors stop growing, they actually decreased in size and were eliminated in some cases. The tumors were actually regressing.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jenny McCarthy
American Model
I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?
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Goldie
British Musician
My whole thing with EDM is, if you have integrity and yet you regress in how you've been as an artist, there's something not quite right there. If you're just here to get paid, I find that very culturally indifferent.
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Claudette Colvin
American Activist
A lot has changed since I grew up, but there's still a long way to go. I don't think we can move forward with Donald Trump as the president. There's a disconnect there. We don't want to regress, we want progress.
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Krysten Ritter
American Actress
Everybody has that: everybody knows what it's like to go home and then regress and not be running from something, not like who you were when you were home. I think everybody relates to that.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.
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Robert Anton Wilson
American Writer
Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.
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Dervla Kirwan
Irish Actress
I was always quite mature as a child and as I get older I'm regressing.
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R. A. Salvatore
American Author
I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress.
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Arthur Kornberg
American Scientist
Without advances, medicine regresses and reverts to witchcraft.
Quote examples
Jenny McCarthy
American Model
I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?
Quote examples
Goldie
British Musician
My whole thing with EDM is, if you have integrity and yet you regress in how you've been as an artist, there's something not quite right there. If you're just here to get paid, I find that very culturally indifferent.
Quote examples
Claudette Colvin
American Activist
A lot has changed since I grew up, but there's still a long way to go. I don't think we can move forward with Donald Trump as the president. There's a disconnect there. We don't want to regress, we want progress.
Quote examples
Krysten Ritter
American Actress
Everybody has that: everybody knows what it's like to go home and then regress and not be running from something, not like who you were when you were home. I think everybody relates to that.
Quote examples
Marcel Proust
French Author
As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.
Quote examples
Robert Anton Wilson
American Writer
Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.
Quote examples
Dervla Kirwan
Irish Actress
I was always quite mature as a child and as I get older I'm regressing.
Quote examples
R. A. Salvatore
American Author
I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress.
Quote examples
Arthur Kornberg
American Scientist
Without advances, medicine regresses and reverts to witchcraft.
Example 1 of 10
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