progressive

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English

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Etymology

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From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) +‎ -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe.

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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. (politics) Liberal.
    • 2016, Richard Lints, Progressive and Conservative Religious Ideologies, page i:
      Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized.
  5. (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
    a progressive school
  6. (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
  7. Advancing in severity.
    progressive paralysis
  8. (grammar) Continuous.

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Noun

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progressive (plural progressives)

  1. One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
    The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.

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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; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.

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Noun

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progressive (plural progressives)

  1. Clipping of progressive dinner.

Further reading

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  • "progressive" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 243.

French

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  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv/ ~ /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.siv/
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Adjective

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progressive

  1. feminine singular of progressif

German

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progressive

  1. inflection of progressiv:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

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progressive (comparative plus progressive, superlative le plus progressive)

  1. progressive, gradually increasing, progressing

Italian

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progressive

  1. feminine plural of progressivo

Latin

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Adjective

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prōgressīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of prōgressīvus

Swedish

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progressive

  1. definite natural masculine singular of progressiv