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Definition of Progressive

1. Adjective. Favoring or promoting progress. "Progressive schools"

2. Noun. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going.

3. Adjective. Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).

4. Noun. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.

5. Adjective. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases.

6. Adjective. Gradually advancing in extent.

7. Adjective. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position. "Progressive tournaments"

8. Adjective. Advancing in severity. "Progressive paralysis"

Definition of Progressive

1. a. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the Progressive party.

Definition of Progressive

1. Adjective. Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership. ¹

3. Noun. A member or supporter of a Progressive Party. ¹

4. Adjective. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced. ¹

5. Adjective. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing. ¹

6. Adjective. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods. ¹

7. Adjective. Of or relating to progressive education. ¹

8. Adjective. (context: of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases. ¹

9. Adjective. Advancing in severity. ¹

10. Adjective. liberal (politically) ¹

11. Noun. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government. ¹

12. Noun. (grammar) A progressive verb. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Progressive

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Progressive

progredient progress progress bar progress bars progress report progress to progressed progresses progressing progression

progressional progressionist progressions progressist progressists progressive progressive-verb progressive aspect progressive dinner progressive dinners

progressive emphysematous necrosis progressive metal progressive rock progressive tax progressive tense progressive vaccinia progressive verb progressively progressiveness progressives

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