progressive

adj

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/UK/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/CA/pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/

Etymology

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

derived from forþgenġe
derived from prōgressīvus
derived from progressif

Definitions

Favouring or promoting progress
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
Gradually advancing in extent
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or…
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- a progressive politician
- progressive business leadership
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1. 4
  Liberal.
  - 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.
  - Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.
2. 5
  Of or relating to progressive education.
  - a progressive school
3. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
4. 7
  Advancing in severity.
  - progressive paralysis
5. Continuous.
6. 9
  One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
  - The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.
7. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in…
  A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
8. A progressive verb
  A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
9. Clipping of progressive dinner
10. Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
11. Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
12. A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.

The neighborhood

antonymregressive
antonymnon-progressiveantonym(s) of “advancing in severity”
antonymconservative
antonymreactionary
neighborprogress

Derived

antiprogressive, atheroprogressive, brogressive, fauxgressive, hyperprogressive, improgressive, neoprogressive, neuroprogressive, nonprogressive, oligoprogressive, progressism, progressive aspect, progressive assimilation, progressive bluegrass, progressive creationism, progressive creationist, progressive dinner, progressive enhancement, progressive euchre, progressive freefall, progressive grid, progressive house, progressive infantile poliodystrophy, progressive jazz, progressive longways formation, progressive love, progressively, progressive metal, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, progressiveness, progressive overload, progressive rap, progressive rock, progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy, progressive stack, progressive supper, progressive tax, progressive tense, progressive war, progressive web app · +15 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at progressive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at progressive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at progressive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA