English Dictionary

regress

/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/

verb

(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. / (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west. / (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

The team's performance seemed to regress after their star player got injured.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

意味（2）

(intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.

意味（3）

(transitive, statistics) 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.

意味（4）

(transitive) To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

They regressed me, putting me under hypnosis. Then, through the hypnosis, they found out that our car was abducted right off the road and into a craft.