return to a former or less developed state
some children have regressed in basic language and social skills
the team has regressed in his second year at the helm
art has been regressing toward adolescence for more than a generation now
calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable
a model in which C and Y are regressed on the same variables
move in a retrograde direction
a planet regularly regresses
the action of returning to a former or less developed state
the measure is totally unsuitable for judging the progress or regress of economies over time
a regress to the nursery
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)