ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRregress
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regress
Meaning: to return to an earlier, less advanced state
regress in a sentence
How regress is used in real sentences:
Without daily practice, his piano skills began to regress within weeks.
After the long summer break, several students seemed to regress in their reading, forgetting skills they had mastered in spring.
“By August, plants inside the fence stood taller; without protection, Lena feared the recovering ground would regress to bare, compacted soil.”
— from the passage The Meadow Notebook
Synonyms for regress
Other words for regress — revert, backslide and relapse — carry the same meaning.
- revert
- backslide
- relapse
Antonyms of regress
Words that mean the opposite of regress:
- progress
- advance
- improve
Where it comes from
From Latin regressus 'a going back'
Word parts
- gress — movement
regress: re- (back) + gress (movement)
Memory hook
RE (back) + GRESS (step) — stepping back.