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- [ri-gresh-uh n]
- /rɪˈgrɛʃ ən/
- /rɪˈɡres/
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- [ri-gresh-uh n]
- /rɪˈgrɛʃ ən/
Definitions of regression word
- noun regression the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion. 1
- noun regression retrogradation; retrogression. 1
- noun regression Biology. reversion to an earlier or less advanced state or form or to a common or general type. 1
- noun regression Psychoanalysis. the reversion to a chronologically earlier or less adapted pattern of behavior and feeling. 1
- noun regression a subsidence of a disease or its manifestations: a regression of symptoms. 1
- adjective regression of, relating to, or determined by regression analysis: regression curve; regression equation. 1
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Origin of regression
First appearance:
before 1510 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1510-20, regression is from the Latin word regressiōn- (stem of regressiō). See regress, -ion
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Parts of speech for Regression
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regression popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for regression
noun regression
- antipole — the opposite pole
- atavism — the recurrence in a plant or animal of certain primitive characteristics that were present in an ancestor but have not occurred in intermediate generations
- backflow — a reverse flow, the movement (of a liquid) in the opposite direction to its previous, natural or intended direction
- contra — against
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
Antonyms for regression
noun regression
- advancement — Advancement is progress in your job or in your social position.
- anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- anabasis — the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc, described by Xenophon in his Anabasis
- clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- mass meeting — a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern: a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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