progressive
See also: Progressive
English
editAlternative forms
edit- prog. (abbreviation)
- prog (clipping)
Etymology
editFrom the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/, /pɹoʊ-/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
- Hyphenation: pro‧gress‧ive
Adjective
editprogressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- a progressive politician
- progressive business leadership
- (politics) Liberal.
- The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.
- (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
- a progressive school
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- Advancing in severity.
- progressive paralysis
- (grammar) Continuous.
Antonyms
edit- regressive
- (antonym(s) of “advancing in severity”): non-progressive
- conservative
- reactionary
Derived terms
edit- antiprogressive
- atheroprogressive
- brogressive
- fauxgressive
- hyperprogressive
- improgressive
- neoprogressive
- neuroprogressive
- nonprogressive
- oligoprogressive
- progressive aspect
- progressive assimilation (phonology)
- progressive bluegrass
- progressive creationism
- progressive creationist
- progressive dinner
- progressive enhancement
- progressive euchre
- progressive house
- progressive infantile poliodystrophy
- progressive jazz
- progressive longways formation
- progressive love
- progressively
- progressive metal
- progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- progressiveness
- progressive overload
- progressive rap
- progressive rock
- progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy
- progressive stack
- progressive supper
- progressive tax
- progressive tense
- progressive war
- progressive web app
- progressive web application
- progressivism
- progressivist
- progressivity
- pseudoprogressive
- technoprogressive
- ultraprogressive
- ultra-progressive
- unprogressive
Related terms
editTranslations
editfavouring or promoting progress; advanced
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gradually advancing in extent; increasing
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promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods
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politically liberal
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of or relating to progressive education
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increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases
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advancing in severity
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continuous — see continuous
Noun
editprogressive (plural progressives)
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Translations
editA person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government
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Further reading
edit- "progressive" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 243.
French
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editprogressive
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editprogressive
- inflection of progressiv:
Interlingua
editAdjective
editprogressive (comparative plus progressive, superlative le plus progressive)
- progressive, gradually increasing, progressing
Italian
editAdjective
editprogressive
Latin
editAdjective
editprōgressīve
Swedish
editAdjective
editprogressive
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