regress
/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/ verbo C2En español: retrogradar, retroceder
- To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
- To re-develop behavior one had previously grown out of, particularly a behavior left behind in childhood. · Your nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed.
- To move in the retrograde direction.
- To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
- To perform a regression on an explanatory variable. · When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.
- To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.
He/she/it regresses · Pasado regressed · Participio pasado regressed · Forma en -ing regressing
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
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- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
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