progressive

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progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)

Positive
progressive

Comparative
more progressive

Superlative
most progressive

  1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
  2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
  3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
    a progressive politician
    progressive business leadership
  4. Of or relating to progressive education.
    a progressive school
  5. (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
  6. Advancing in severity.
    progressive paralysis
  7. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)A euphemism for obscene.

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Singular
progressive

Plural
progressives

progressive (plural progressives)

  1. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
  2. A progressive verb.

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progressive f.

  1. Feminine plural form of progressivo