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UK
/pɹəɡɹˈɛsɪv/
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[ US /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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advancing in severity
progressive paralysis - gradually advancing in extent
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favoring or promoting progress
progressive schools - favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
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(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
progressive tournaments
progressive euchre - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
NOUN
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
How To Use progressive In A Sentence
- It gets progressively more demanding, too, taking a good 12 hours of study to absorb.
- Most intriguingly, among the described symptoms of fugu poisoning is progressive limb paralysis while maintaining consciousness.
- Another step forward was the progressive declarations of invalidity extended to certain laws, decrees, and edicts issued in Stalin's time.
- Cigarette smoking causes lung inflammation, which can lead to oxidative stress, emphysema, small airway fibrosis, mucus hypersecretion and progressive airflow limitation. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder with a substantial impact on patients and their families.
- There is often a progressive loss of sight in old.
- The decline became progressively steeper the older the civil servants were at the beginning. Times, Sunday Times
- You don't want to lose that excited edge, but you should also be getting progressively more comfortable as dates go by.
- Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
- Grayson is one of the most progressive politicians the Democrats have and, thankfully, he does what is necessary to remain in office. Christopher Sprinkle: Alan Grayson Is a Street Fighting Man
