Progressive - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (syn: liberal, liberalist)
adjective
- gradually advancing in extent
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
progressive tournaments
Extra examples
...progressive forms of animal life...
“Believe” is never used in the progressive.
Britain's progressive decline as a world power
The situation became progressively worse.
...forgetting the name of an old friend was another painful reminder of her progressive caducity...
...the state's well-known conservatism means that progressive legislation always has an uphill battle...
...voters were attracted to the young challenger's dynamism, charisma, and progressive ideas...
HIV is a progressive disease which the immune response ultimately fails to control.
Progressive illness cut short his career and forced his retirement in 2001.
...a progressive disease that compromises a patient's ability to ambulate...
Word forms
singular: progressive
plural: progressives
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