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Regressed

To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

📖 Definitions of "Regressed"

verb
  1. 1

    To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

  2. 2

    To move from east to west.

  3. 3

    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."

adjective
  1. 1

    That has been subject to regression

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Regressed"

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regressionnoun(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
retrogressverb(intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
retrogressionnounA deterioration or decline to a previous state.
retroversionnoun(medicine) A backward-tilting of an anatomical strucure (e.g. the uterus).
revertverbTo throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
reversionnounThe action of returning to a former condition or practice.
retrogradeverbDirected or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
turn backverb(intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
relapseverb(intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
recidivateverb(intransitive) To relapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially to commit new offenses after having been punished or sanctioned for earlier ones.
returnverb(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
lapseverbTo slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
fall backverbTo retreat.
reasoning backwardnounthe reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
fallennounHaving dropped by the force of gravity.
diminishedlessened, reduced
droppedallowed to drop or fall.
shrunkshrunken
fellverb(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
abated(poetry) humbled.

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