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Regress meaning

  1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
  2. The power or liberty of passing back.
  3. The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Synonyms of Regress

revert return retrovert turn back retrogress reversal retroversion retrogression reversion regression abstract thought logical thinking reasoning reasoning backward change

Related words

Other words often associated with Regress or its synonyms:

turn reverse intellection thought cerebration thinking happening abnormality turnabout occurrent occurrence turnaround

Regress vertaling naar Nederlands

teruggaan

Using Regress

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. | The power or liberty of passing back. | The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
  • Useful related words include: revert, return, retrovert, turn back.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: teruggaan.
  • In the example corpus, regress often appears in combinations such as: to regress, the regress, regress to.

Context around Regress

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

people 1× temporarily 1×

Often after:

problem 4× exercises 1×

Sentence patterns with Regress

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and i regress 1× auras and regress to past 1× behaviour to regress after visits 1× don t regress to a 1× escape the regress problem 1× foolish to regress to the 1× had no regress 1× instructor will regress exercises as 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but the country 1× eleven is a 1× even as kerala 1× i know the 1× i know they 1× i love a 1×

Common sentence endings:

and i regress 1× artisanal blood letting 1× exercises as needed 1× for human knowledge 1× had no regress 1× level separation anxiety 1×

Words around Regress

Just before it in the word index:

regrello 2 regreen 2 regranted 2 regragui 3 regrade 5 regolith 29

Just after it in the word index:

regressed 57 regresses 13 regressing 17 regression 149 regressions 17 regressive 124

Similar in corpus frequency:

abakaliki 60 abbasi 60 abductors 60 abstaining 60 accumulator 60 adhesives 60

Corpus analysis for Regress

  • In this selection, "regress" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, people, temporarily, problem and exercises stand out and add context to how "regress" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and i regress and auras and regress to past. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "regress" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with regress

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Once he outgrew his girly phase, he had no regress. (10 words)

It just feels like Los Angeles is poised to regress. (10 words)

It helps that any good instructor will “regress” exercises as needed. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

While teams do have control over how they perform in close games, they have only much control, and teams that were particularly good or poor in this regard tend to regress (or progress) toward the mean the next season. (39 words)

Eleven is a tough age, and although it’s hard to predict what is going to kick in at that point (Will your child become a sudden, two-years-premature teenager—or temporarily regress to toddler-level separation anxiety? (39 words)

I know they have higher-priority cases to deal with, but my treatment was actually working and all I could think was, ‘What if this goes on for the rest of the year and I regress? (36 words)

Question examples

Eleven is a tough age, and although it’s hard to predict what is going to kick in at that point (Will your child become a sudden, two-years-premature teenager—or temporarily regress to toddler-level separation anxiety? (39 words)

I know they have higher-priority cases to deal with, but my treatment was actually working and all I could think was, ‘What if this goes on for the rest of the year and I regress? (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Regress problem main The regress problem is the problem of providing a complete logical foundation for human knowledge.

Response to the regress problem Many epistemologists studying justification have attempted to argue for various types of chains of reasoning that can escape the regress problem.

I know the modern day world can feel disappointing and, yes, some things were better in the olden days, but that doesn’t mean we should regress and start treating illnesses with artisanal blood-letting.

While teams do have control over how they perform in close games, they have only much control, and teams that were particularly good or poor in this regard tend to regress (or progress) toward the mean the next season.

With a little luck, in a generation, we’ll think of today’s world as being oppressive and backward—assuming we don’t regress to a new Dark Age.

But the country he cherishes now seems poised to regress into what he once fought against.

If the system's gotten so complex you can't point to an individual, then it needs to regress until it can.

I love a family drama where people regress to their (inner) kid.

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It helps that any good instructor will “regress” exercises as needed.

Once he outgrew his girly phase, he had no regress.

She feels used, stating that her role seems to be limited to entertaining her stepdaughter and spending money on her, only for the child's behaviour to regress after visits to her mother.

We see some regress in the Azerbaijani proposals, in some articles, in some parts of the text, but we also see progress in some other directions.

But for every bit of growth Nick experiences, he also tends to regress to a more comfortable period of his life.

Eleven is a tough age, and although it’s hard to predict what is going to kick in at that point (Will your child become a sudden, two-years-premature teenager—or temporarily regress to toddler-level separation anxiety?

Even as Kerala aspires to modern forms of commingled and cosmopolitan existence, internecine fights and ‘organizational factionalism’ have made the Muslim community seem to regress into atavistic forms of tribal affinities.

I know they have higher-priority cases to deal with, but my treatment was actually working and all I could think was, ‘What if this goes on for the rest of the year and I regress?

People who believed that they had been taught to see auras and regress to past lives (types of energetic therapy) were the most spiritually smug.

And, while we may be able to maintain this accelerated mentality for a month or two, inevitably, we are likely to regress back to our old habits.

It just feels like Los Angeles is poised to regress.

It would be foolish to regress to the rose garden Coalition era by electing Jo Swinson as leader.

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Common combinations with regress

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "regress" in a sentence?
An example: "Regress problem main The regress problem is the problem of providing a complete logical foundation for human knowledge." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "regress" from authentic English texts.
What does "regress" mean?
Regress means: The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
What are synonyms of "regress"?
Common synonyms of "regress" include: revert, return, retrovert, turn back, retrogress, reversal, retroversion, retrogression. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "regress" in Dutch?
"regress" translates to Dutch as: teruggaan.
How many example sentences with "regress" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "regress", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.