Betekenis van regress In het Nederlands

• 0 to return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way of behaving:

  • She suffered brain damage from the car accident and regressed to the mental age of a five-year-old.

  • He says the city has regressed in terms of participation in recycling.

• 1 (of an illness or its symptoms (= effects)) to become less severe:

  • Following removal of the tumour, all the symptoms regressed.

  • The disease may regress if the patient stops smoking.

• 2 to return to a previous and less advanced or worse state:

  • Our team improved in the second half, while our opponents regressed.