"regression" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ [UK], /ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ [US], /ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ [US], /ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ [Canada], /ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-regression.wav Forms: regressions [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion. The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|regressio}} Learned borrowing from Latin regressio, {{suf|en|regress|ion}} regress + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} regression (countable and uncountable, plural regressions)
  1. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (return to a previous state): връщане назад (vrǎštane nazad) [neuter] (Bulgarian), پاشۆچوون (paşoçûn) (Central Kurdish), 回歸 (Chinese Mandarin), 回归 (huíguī) (Chinese Mandarin), 迴歸 (Chinese Mandarin), teruggang [masculine] (Dutch), taantuminen (Finnish), regressio (Finnish), régression [feminine] (French), Rückbildung [feminine] (German), Rückfall [masculine] (German), Rückgang [masculine] (German), Rückschritt [masculine] (German), οπισθοδρόμηση (opisthodrómisi) [feminine] (Greek), υποστροφή (ypostrofí) [feminine] (Greek), υποχώρηση (ypochórisi) [feminine] (Greek), aischéimniú [masculine] (Irish), regressione (Italian), 回帰 (kaiki) (alt: かいき) (Japanese), 회귀 (hoegwi) (Korean), назадување (nazaduvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), уназадување (unazaduvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), tauhekenga (Maori), regresjon [masculine] (Norwegian), regres [masculine] (Polish), uwstecznienie [neuter] (Polish), cofnięcie [neuter] (Polish), regresja [feminine] (Polish), regressão (Portuguese), регре́ссия (regréssija) [feminine] (Russian), регре́сс (regréss) [masculine] (Russian), возвраще́ние (vozvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), регресија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), regresija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nazadovanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), regresión [feminine] (Spanish), retroceso [masculine] (Spanish), gerileme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-QVcSyfLQ Disambiguation of 'return to a previous state': 86 4 2 2 2 3 0 1
  2. An action of travelling mentally back in time. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of travelling mentally back in time): ретроспекция (retrospekcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), takauma (Finnish), regressio (Finnish), gerileme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-JDI~oizg Disambiguation of 'action of travelling mentally back in time': 1 95 1 1 0 1 0 1
  3. (psychotherapy) A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychotherapy, Human behaviour Derived forms (psychotherapy): regression therapy Translations (psychotherapy: method of healing): regressio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-2IVm1gsm Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 1 4 23 21 8 22 3 18 Disambiguation of 'psychotherapy': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'psychotherapy: method of healing': 5 8 50 15 5 8 4 5
  4. (statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Statistics, Human behaviour Translations (statistics: analytic method): регресия (regresija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), پاشۆچوون (paşoçûn) (Central Kurdish), 回歸 (Chinese Mandarin), 回归 (huíguī) (Chinese Mandarin), 迴歸 (Chinese Mandarin), regressioanalyysi (Finnish), regressio (Finnish), régression (French), απόκλιση (apóklisi) [feminine] (Greek), regresszió (Hungarian), aðhvarf [neuter] (Icelandic), cúlú [masculine] (Irish), regressione (Italian), 回帰 (kaiki) (alt: かいき) (Japanese), регрессия (regressiä) (Kazakh), regresjon [masculine] (Norwegian), regressão (Portuguese), регресија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), regresija [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), regresión [feminine] (Spanish), balitugnay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-3DqqjC3N Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 1 4 23 21 8 22 3 18 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'statistics: analytic method': 5 3 11 50 17 7 3 4
  5. (statistics) An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Functions, Statistics Translations (statistics: equation): regressioyhtälö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-Ptrl4rVf Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'statistics: equation': 7 5 5 27 38 10 4 4
  6. (programming) The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming, Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-kbK8tQCD Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 1 4 23 21 8 22 3 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 9 22 10 32 3 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 6 16 11 17 10 27 5 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 9 10 17 9 38 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 8 11 22 10 32 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 10 25 11 34 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 15 10 16 8 24 4 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 2 7 9 22 9 39 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 14 11 16 10 29 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 12 12 17 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 17 10 15 9 30 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 13 10 17 10 29 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 10 10 15 11 35 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 9 12 17 10 34 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 5 12 12 17 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 12 12 17 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 13 10 18 10 32 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 13 10 18 10 32 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 5 12 14 18 9 27 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 12 12 17 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 5 12 14 18 9 27 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 11 11 16 11 31 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 12 12 17 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 5 12 12 17 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 16 9 27 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 19 13 17 8 25 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 13 10 18 10 32 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 5 12 14 18 9 27 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 11 10 19 10 32 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 5 12 12 18 9 28 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 12 12 18 9 29 5 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  7. (medicine) The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: diminishing of a cellular mass): regressio (Finnish), gerileme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-Ag6Slkrx Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: diminishing of a cellular mass': 3 4 4 4 3 4 76 3
  8. (exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Exercise, Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-regression-en-noun-jvML427G Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 1 4 23 21 8 22 3 18 Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: linear regression Derived forms: regression testing [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], regression to the mean [statistics, mathematics, sciences], age regression, Down syndrome regression disorder, kitchen sink regression, regression toward the mean, regression tree, sleep regression Derived forms (sense 1): proregression
Disambiguation of 'sense 1': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2001, Carol DeCuffa, In Search of Home: An Essential Guide for the Evolving Soul:",
          "text": "I have done past life regressions on my own through self-hypnosis techniques that I learned in Brian Weiss's book Many Lives, Many Masters as well as with past life regression tapes.",
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