regresses in English

noun

1

the action of returning to a former or less developed state.

I am really angry and upset about the ‘progress’, or should I say regress , going on there.

2

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).

But since the Theory requires that for any group of entities with a common property, there is a Form to explain the commonality, it appears that the theory does indeed give rise to the vicious regress .

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.

noun

reversion, regression, retrogression, retroversion

verb

revert, fall back, retrogress
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 "regresses" in a sentence

1. The corpus luteum of the previous pregnancy regresses very rapidly.

2. 19 However, with every chime of the mighty Big Ben, the changed woman regresses back to her old villainous ways.

3. However, with every chime of the mighty Big Ben, the changed woman regresses back to her old villainous ways.

4. Synonyms for Backslides include relapses, regresses, retrogresses, reverts, slips back, falls back, reverts to a former state, reverts to old habits, slips back to old ways and goes back to your old ways