progressive

See also Progressive

English

Adjective

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. liberal (politically)
8. (grammar) continuous

Antonyms

• regressive
• (advancing in severity): non-progressive
• conservative

Derived terms

• progressiveness
• progressivism
• progressivity

Related terms

• progress

Translations

Favouring or promoting progress; advanced

• Czech: pokrokový (cs) m
• Dutch: progressief (nl)
• German: fortschrittlich (de)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پێشکه‌وتو

• Romanian: progresist (ro), progresistă (ro) f, avansat (ro) m and n, înaintat (ro) m and n
• Russian: передовой (ru) (p'er'edovój), прогрессивный (ru) (progressívnyj)
• Scottish Gaaelic: adhartach

Gradually advancing in extent; increasing

• Greek: προοδευτικός (el) (proodeftikós)
• Romanian: progresiv (ro) m and n
• Russian: постепенный (postepénnyj), последовательный (poslédovatel’nyj), поступательный (postupátel’nyj), прогрессирующий (progressírujuščij)

• Scottish Gaaelic: ceumnach

Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods

• Greek: προοδευτικός (el) (proodeftikós)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پێشکه‌وتو

• Romanian: progresist (ro), de progres (ro)
• Russian: передовой (peredovój), прогрессивный (progressívnyj)
• Scottish Gaaelic: adhartach

Of or relating to progressive education

• Scottish Gaaelic: adhartach

Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases

• German: progressiv (de)
• Romanian: progresiv (ro)

• Russian: прогрессивный (ru) (progressívnyj)

Advancing in severity

• Norwegian:
• Norwegian Bokmål: progredierende (no)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: progredierande (nn)

• Russian: прогрессирующий (progr'essírujuš'ij)
• Scottish Gaaelic: adhartach

continuous — see continuous

Noun

progressive (plural progressives)

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

Derived terms

• future perfect progressive
• future progressive
• past perfect progressive
• past progressive
• present perfect progressive
• present progressive

Translations

A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government

• Icelandic: framfarasinni (is) m
• Italian: progressista (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پێشکه‌وتو

• Russian: прогрессивный человек, прогрессивный деятель, сторонник прогресса (1), член прогрессивной партии (2)

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French

Adjective

progressive f

1. feminine form of progressif

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Italian

Adjective

progressive f

1. Feminine plural form of progressivo

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Latin

Adjective

prōgressive

1. vocative masculine singular of prōgressivus