regress
noun
1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Definition categories: thought, reasoning
2. returning to a former state
Similar word(s): regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion
verb
1. go back to a statistical means
Definition categories: change
2. go back to a previous state
Similar word(s): retrovert, return, revert
Definition categories: change, reverse, turn
3. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Similar word(s): retrograde, retrogress
Definition categories: change, decline, worsen
4. go back to bad behavior
Similar word(s): lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress
Definition categories: body, regress, retrovert, return, revert
Sentences with regress as a verb:
- When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those Y.