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progressive

prog·res·sive

UK/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ US/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ fairly common
adjective (5) noun (2)

adjective

1.

favoring or promoting progress

  • “progressive schools”
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2.
3.

(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

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4.
5.

advancing in severity

  • “progressive paralysis”
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noun

1.

a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

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2.

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

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Origin

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive.

Phrases

  • future perfect progressive
  • future progressive
  • past perfect progressive
  • past progressive
  • present perfect progressive
  • present progressive
  • progressive aspect
  • progressive assimilation
  • progressive bluegrass
  • progressive creationism
  • progressive creationist
  • progressive dinner

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WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.