progression
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French progression.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
progression (countable and uncountable, plural progressions)
- The act of moving from one thing to another.
- Make a natural progression from player to coach
- The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
- 2003, T.H. Jafar et al., Annals of Internal Medicine 139, pages 244–252:
- The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.
- (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
- Development, increase, evolution.
- (music, countable) A chord progression.
- (exercise) The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
Synonyms edit
- (mathematics): sequence
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- '50s progression
- arithmetical progression
- arithmetic progression
- atheroprogression
- Axis progression
- backdoor progression
- chord progression
- circle progression
- cross-progression
- doo-wop progression
- geometrical progression
- geometric progression
- harmonic progression
- nilprogression
- nonprogression
- pathoprogression
- progressional
- progressionist
- proregression
- pseudoprogression
- record progression
Related terms edit
Translations edit
moving from one thing to another
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mathematical sequence
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evolution
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Finnish edit
Noun edit
progression
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin progressionem (accusative of progressio).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
progression f (plural progressions)
Further reading edit
- “progression”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.