progressive
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See also Progressive
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)
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- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
- a progressive politician
- progressive business leadership
- Of or relating to progressive education.
- a progressive school
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- Advancing in severity.
- progressive paralysis
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?)A euphemism for obscene.
[edit] Antonyms
- regressive
- (advancing in severity): non-progressive
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[edit] Translations
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced
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Gradually advancing in extent; increasing
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Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods
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Of or relating to progressive education
Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases
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Advancing in severity
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A euphemism for "obscene"
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[edit] Noun
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progressive (plural progressives)
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- A progressive verb.
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A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
progressive f.
- Feminine plural form of progressivo
