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Antonyms for regress

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ri-gres; noun ree-gres
Phonetic Transcription : verb rɪˈgrɛs; noun ˈri grɛs

Definition of regress

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of going back," from Latin regressus "a return, retreat, a going back," noun use of past participle of regredi "to go back," from re- "back" (see re-) + gradi "to step, walk" (see grade (n.)).
  • verb return to earlier way of doing things
Example sentences :
  • My hand, bully; thou shalt have egress and regress;—said I well?
  • Extract from : « The Merry Wives of Windsor » by William Shakespeare
  • They regress: they play with toys (fancy cars, watches, laptops).
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Most of them will be shorter, however, and tend to regress toward the racial average.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
  • At every step there has been progress, but there has also been regress.
  • Extract from : « Artist and Public » by Kenyon Cox
  • Age is for retreat, for regress toward a former day; it would say with the ancient poet, "Return unto thy rest, O my soul."
  • Extract from : « The Quiver 12/1899 » by Anonymous
  • For the member at which we have discontinued our division still admits a regress to many more parts contained in the object.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • But the quantity of the universe is not thereby determined, and we cannot affirm that this regress proceeds in infinitum.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • For the world is not given in its totality in any intuition: consequently, its quantity cannot be given prior to the regress.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • The division of the parts of the whole (subdivisio or decompositio) is a regress in the series of these conditions.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • In prison I have learned that liberty does not consist in open doors and the egress and regress of locomotion.
  • Extract from : « Genius in Sunshine and Shadow » by Maturin Murray Ballou

Synonyms for regress

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