regress
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Types & categories
- reasoning hypernym
Sense 2 verb
go back to a statistical means
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 3 noun
returning to a former state
Types & categories
- reversal hypernym
Related & opposite
- retrogress derivation
- revert derivation
Sense 4 verb
go back to a previous state
We reverted to the old rules
Types & categories
- reverse hypernym
- recidivate hyponym
- resile hyponym
- recuperate hyponym
Related & opposite
- backsliding derivation
- regress derivation
- coming back derivation
- returninga derivation
Sense 5 verb
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Types & categories
- decline hypernym
- fall behind hyponym
Related & opposite
- progress antonym
- regress derivation
- regressive derivation
- retrogressive derivation
Sense 6 verb
go back to bad behavior
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
Types & categories
- revert hypernym
Related & opposite
- backsliding derivation
- recidivism derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reasoning |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | revert |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reversal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | backsliding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | regress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coming back |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | returninga |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | recidivate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | resile |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | recuperate |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | progress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | regress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | regressive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogressive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall behind |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | backsliding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | recidivism |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | revert |