REGRESSION Antonyms

• the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• software that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• a reservation that is improved

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)

• rate higher; raise in value or esteem

• to improve what was old or outdated

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• get better travel conditions

• give better travel conditions to

• a series with a definite pattern of advance

• a movement forward

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)