What part of speech is regress?

Regress can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. regress is a verb, present, 1st person singular of regress (infinitive).
  • 2. regress is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. regress is a noun, singular of regresses.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does regress mean?

Definitions

Verb

regress - get worse or fall back to a previous condition
regress - go back to a statistical means
regress - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
regress - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

Noun

regress - the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
regress - returning to a former state

Examples of regress

#   Sentence  
1. verb Tom wishes sometimes that he could physically regress to an age of his choice so that people wouldn't look at him with disgust.
2. verb They will make us regress.
3. verb It is quite clear that they are going to make us regress.
Sentence  
verb
Tom wishes sometimes that he could physically regress to an age of his choice so that people wouldn't look at him with disgust.
They will make us regress.
It is quite clear that they are going to make us regress.

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