Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to regress
Participle: regressed
Gerund: regressing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | regress |
| you | regress |
| he;she;it | regresses |
| we | regress |
| you | regress |
| they | regress |
Perfect
| I | have regressed |
| you | have regressed |
| he;she;it | has regressed |
| we | have regressed |
| you | have regressed |
| they | have regressed |
Past
| I | regressed |
| you | regressed |
| he;she;it | regressed |
| we | regressed |
| you | regressed |
| they | regressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had regressed |
| you | had regressed |
| he;she;it | had regressed |
| we | had regressed |
| you | had regressed |
| they | had regressed |
Future
| I | will regress |
| you | will regress |
| he;she;it | will regress |
| we | will regress |
| you | will regress |
| they | will regress |
Future Perfect
| I | will have regressed |
| you | will have regressed |
| he;she;it | will have regressed |
| we | will have regressed |
| you | will have regressed |
| they | will have regressed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | regress |
| you | regress |
| he;she;it | regress |
| we | regress |
| you | regress |
| they | regress |
Perfect
| I | have regressed |
| you | have regressed |
| he;she;it | have regressed |
| we | have regressed |
| you | have regressed |
| they | have regressed |
Imperfect
| I | regressed |
| you | regressed |
| he;she;it | regressed |
| we | regressed |
| you | regressed |
| they | regressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had regressed |
| you | had regressed |
| he;she;it | had regressed |
| we | had regressed |
| you | had regressed |
| they | had regressed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would regress |
| you | would regress |
| he;she;it | would regress |
| we | would regress |
| you | would regress |
| they | would regress |
Perfect
| I | would have regressed |
| you | would have regressed |
| he;she;it | would have regressed |
| we | would have regressed |
| you | would have regressed |
| they | would have regressed |
Imperative
| you | regress |
| we | Let's regress |
| you | regress |
Verbs conjugated like 'regress'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'regress'
egress,
redress,
regrass,
repress,
aggress,
depress,
digress,
ingress,
progress,
recess,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1375 (n.), "act of going back," from L.
regressus "a return," from
regress-, pp. stem of
regredi "to go back," from
re- "back" +
gradi "to step, walk" (see grade). The verb meaning "to move backward" is recorded from 1823; the psychological sense of "to return to an earlier stage of life" is attested from 1926.
Regressive is recorded from 1634; in ref. to taxation, it is attested from 1889.
2. (verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.
Verbs referencing "regress"
Ido regresar, Spanish
regresar, Portuguese
regressar.
Sample Sentences
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Your nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed.
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When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.
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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. [2018, Michael Brein, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, The Road to Strange: UFOs, Aliens and High Strangeness:]