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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•gres•sive /prəˈgrɛsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - Governmentcalling for or favoring progress, reform, or new methods and outlooks, esp. in political and social matters.
- passing from one stage to the next:progressive increases in computer power.
- Medicinecontinuously increasing in extent or severity:a progressive worsening of the disease.
- increasing in rate as taxable income increases:a progressive tax.
- Grammarof or being a verb tense or form used to indicate that an action or event is, was, or will be going on at some period of time: Progressive verb tenses end in -ing and are preceded by a form of the verb to be:I have been working, I am working, and I will be working.
n. [countable] - Governmenta person who favors progress or reform, as in politics.
- a verb form or construction in the progressive tense or aspect, as am listening or was sleeping.
pro•gres•sive•ly, adv. See -gress-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•gres•sive (prə gres′iv),USA pronunciation adj. - Governmentfavoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, esp. in political matters:a progressive mayor.
- making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.:a progressive community.
- characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
- Government(cap.) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.
- going forward or onward;
passing successively from one member of a series to the next;
proceeding step by step. - noting or pertaining to a form of taxation in which the rate increases with certain increases in taxable income.
- of or pertaining to progressive education:progressive schools.
- Grammarnoting a verb aspect or other verb category that indicates action or state going on at a temporal point of reference.
- Medicinecontinuously increasing in extent or severity, as a disease.
n. - Governmenta person who is progressive or who favors progress or reform, esp. in political matters.
- Government(cap.) a member of a Progressive party.
- Grammar
- the progressive aspect.
- a verb form or construction in the progressive, as are thinking in They are thinking about it.
pro•gres′sive•ly, adv. pro•gres′sive•ness, pro•gres•siv•i•ty (prō′gre siv′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - 1, 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged liberal.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged successive.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: progressive /prəˈɡrɛsɪv/ adj - of or relating to progress
- proceeding or progressing by steps or degrees
- (often capital) favouring or promoting political or social reform through government action, or even revolution, to improve the lot of the majority: a progressive policy
- denoting or relating to an educational system that allows flexibility in learning procedures, based on activities determined by the needs and capacities of the individual child, the aim of which is to integrate academic with social development
- (esp of a disease) advancing in severity, complexity, or extent
- (of a dance, card game, etc) involving a regular change of partners after one figure, one game, etc
- denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages, including English, used to express prolonged or continuous activity as opposed to momentary or habitual activity: a progressive aspect of the verb ``to walk'' is ``is walking.''
n - a person who advocates progress, as in education, politics, etc
- the progressive aspect of a verb
- a verb in this aspect
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