regression
🇬🇧 UK/rɪ'greʃ(ə)n/🇺🇸 US/ri'greʃәn/
B1
Definitions
n.
A return to a previous or less developed state; in psychology, reverting to childlike behaviour; in statistics, a method of predicting one variable from another
退化;回归;(心理)退行
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.linear regression线性回归
- 2.regression analysis回归分析
- 3.regression to the mean均值回归
- 4.regression model回归模型
Example Sentences
- 1.
The child's regression to thumb-sucking was triggered by the arrival of a new sibling.
- 2.
Researchers used linear regression to predict sales based on advertising spend.
- 3.
The country's political regression alarmed international observers.