regressed in English

verb

1

return to a former or less developed state.

art has been regressing toward adolescence for more than a generation now

synonyms: revert, retrogress, relapse, lapse, backslide, slip back, deteriorate, decline, worsen, degenerate, get worse, go downhill

2

calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable.

This type of analysis obtains estimates of main path coefficients by regressing each endogenous variable on those variables that directly impinge upon it.

3

move in a retrograde direction.

verb

revert, retrogress, relapse, lapse, backslide, slip back, deteriorate, decline, worsen, degenerate, get worse, go downhill
revert, return, turn back, retrovert
fall back, relapse, lapse, retrogress, recidivate
retrogress, retrograde

Use "regressed" in a sentence

1. The aneurysm regressed spontaneously after the ensuing five months.

2. The patient had regressed to a state of childish dependency.

3. The night regressed into utter silence and solitude.

4. The tumors regressed and then they appeared to stabilize.

5. To high myopia patients, the poet surgical hyperopia regressed more slowly with age.

6. She had to get out of this place before she regressed to infancy.

7. Then a hemianopsia to the left followed, which, however, regressed. At the same time the left central scotoma diminished.

8. Asocial: ( ā-sō'shŭl ), Not social; withdrawn from society; indifferent to social rules or customs; for example, a recluse, a regressed schizophrenic person, a schizoid personality

9. Mean rust severity on big bluestem was regressed on the number of aecia on comandra (aecial density) within eight distance intervals from big bluestem plants.

10. The original nation has regressed into a vastly de-populated, agrarian and pre-industrial state without any international political influence, while 'England, England' continues to prosper.

11. Synonyms for Backslided include relapsed, regressed, retrogressed, reverted, slipped back, fell back, fallen back, reverted to a former state, reverted to old habits and slipped back to old ways

12. Synonyms for Backslidden include relapsed, regressed, retrogressed, reverted, slipped back, fallen back, reverted to a former state, reverted to old habits, slipped back to old ways and gone back to your old ways

13. Weekly evaporation values taken from a Class A pan are regressed against the Penman values and the regression coefficient of 0.8 is suggested as appropriate weighting for pan values in order to obtain actual rates.

14. Therapy which pulls regressed and/or repressed memories into the forefront of one's consciousness in attempt to relieve pent up worry and anxiety. Abreaction: "Jonathan immediately felt as though a weight had been lifted off of him after his Abreaction therapy session."