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Definition of regress verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

regress

verb
 
/rɪˈɡres/
 
/rɪˈɡres/
[intransitive] (formal, usually disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they regress
 
/rɪˈɡres/
 
/rɪˈɡres/
he / she / it regresses
 
/rɪˈɡresɪz/
 
/rɪˈɡresɪz/
past simple regressed
 
/rɪˈɡrest/
 
/rɪˈɡrest/
past participle regressed
 
/rɪˈɡrest/
 
/rɪˈɡrest/
-ing form regressing
 
/rɪˈɡresɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈɡresɪŋ/
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  1. regress (to something) to return to an earlier or less advanced form or way of behaving
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’, from re- ‘back’ + gradi ‘walk’.
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