regress

  • 11Regress — Unter Regress (lat. regressus für Rückschritt, Rückgriff) versteht man: den allgemeinen Regress im Sinne der Logik, siehe Regress (Logik) den Spezialfall in der Mathematik/Informatik/Logik den unendlichen Regress, siehe infiniter Regress den… …

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  • 12regress — {{11}}regress (n.) late 14c. (n.), act of going back, from L. regressus a return, from regress , pp. stem of regredi to go back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + gradi to step, walk (see GRADE (Cf. grade) (n.)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 13Regress — Rückgriff * * * Re|grẹss 〈m. 1〉 1. 〈Philos.〉 das Rückschreiten von der Wirkung zu der Ursache 2. 〈Rechtsw.〉 2.1 Ersatz, Entschädigung 2.2 Ersatzanspruch an den Hauptschuldner (von Bürgen od. an zweiter Stelle haftbar gemachten Personen); Sy… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 14regress — v. (D; intr.) to regress to (to regress to one s childhood) * * * [ riːgres] (D; intr.) to regress to (to regress to one s childhood) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 15Regress — To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behavior or level of skill characteristic of a younger age. For example, if a three year old child begins to regress by losing the ability to control his bowels or speak, that is a… …

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  • 16regress — A strategy gives rise to a vicious regress if whatever problem it was designed to solve remains as much in need of the same treatment after its use as before. Thus a definition is (usually) viciously regressive if the term to be defined recurs in …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 17regress — 1. noun a) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. What is the progress or regress of man? b) The power or liberty of passing back. 2. verb a) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve …

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  • 18regress — UK [rɪˈɡres] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms regress : present tense I/you/we/they regress he/she/it regresses present participle regressing past tense regressed past participle regressed to return to a previous and usually less developed… …

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  • 19regress — I. noun Etymology: Middle English regresse, from Anglo French, from Latin regressus, from regredi to go back, from re + gradi to go more at grade Date: 14th century 1. a. an act or the privilege of going or coming back b. reentry 1 2. movement… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20Regress — Re·grẹss der; es, e; Jur; der Rückgriff z.B. von einer Firma, die für einen Schaden verantwortlich gemacht wird, auf eine andere Firma (z.B. einen Zulieferer), der den Schaden eigentlich verursacht hat: Sollte uns durch Ihre Lieferverzögerung… …

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