Definitions for progressive
prəˈgrɛs ɪvpro·gres·sive

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tensenoun

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

2. liberal, liberalist, progressiveadjective

   a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

3. progressiveadjective

   favoring or promoting progress

   "progressive schools"

4. progressive, reformist, reform-mindedadjective

   favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

5. progressiveadjective

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

6. progressiveadjective

   gradually advancing in extent

7. progressiveadjective

   (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

   "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments"

8. progressiveadjective

   advancing in severity

   "progressive paralysis"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Progressiveadjective

   Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative.

   Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]

2. Progressiveadjective

   Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities.

   Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. progressivenoun

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

2. progressivenoun

   A progressive verb.

3. progressiveadjective

   Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.

4. progressiveadjective

   Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.

5. progressiveadjective

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

6. progressiveadjective

   Of or relating to progressive education.

   a progressive school

7. progressiveadjective

   Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

8. progressiveadjective

   Advancing in severity.

   progressive paralysis

9. progressiveadjective

   liberal (politically)

10. Progressivenoun

    A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.

11. Progressiveadjective

    Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.

12. Progressiveadjective

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Progressiveadjective

   moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde

   Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]

2. Progressiveadjective

   improving; as, art is in a progressive state

   Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. progressive

   1. A politician who wears his opinions pompadour. 2. An obstructionist who grows fat on conservatism and conversation. 3. A reactionary to whom movement and motion are necessary in order to keep warm, and secure gulps and guzzles. 4. A hungry or unsuccessful person; hence, an explosive, quixotic fellow with empty pockets and a shallow pate. 5. One who has felt the slings and arrows of outrageous success that has come to others. 6. A political piker, who will not play the game according to the rules which he himself devised. 7. One who would recall all decisions that do not uphold his claims. 8. A man who steals a label, and clapping it on himself, thinks that he is It. 9. A plan for going forward by backing up to mob rule. (The first Progressive of whom we know was Judas. The next was Ananias. Lazarus was a Progressive, and had he married the Queen of Sheba he would have changed places with Dives. _E. g._, "This age belongs to the Progressives."--From Kazook's _Confessions of a Popular Lick-Spittle_.)

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'progressive' in Adjectives Frequency: #680

How to pronounce progressive?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of progressive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of progressive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of progressive in a Sentence

1. One San Juan resident:

   There's a serious conflict there, because Pierluisi is one of the people who has had favorable treatment by the board, and that demonstrates that among the leadership of the (New Progressive Party), there's no one who doesn't have skeletons in their closet.

2. Project Revoice co-creator:

   This technology is 100 percent dependent on having consistent, high-quality voice material to work with. Since ALS/MND is a progressive and sometimes unpredictable disease, we believe it’s crucial to get the message out now and encourage more people to start voice banking while they still can, so they have the voice material necessary to recreate their ‘Revoice’ when the full application launches.

3. Frank Rocca:

   They voted a couple years ago, to say that, that the struggle against abortion is the preeminent priority of the church in the United States, and some of the more progressive bishops who identify themselves as allies of Pope Francis said this is not what the pope wants. This is wrong. It's a priority. But it's not the preeminent priority. It's not above fighting poverty or helping migrants or protecting the environment.

4. Roger Stone:

   From the beginning, I wanted to protect the identity of Randy Credico, because I knew that Randy Credico support for Julian Assange and the journalistic independence of WikiLeaks would not be popular in the progressive left circles where Randy Credico made a living.

5. Kenneth Sherrill:

   I really think that Kathy Hochul needs a young, energetic progressive person as lieutenant governor. It's the easiest way, quickly, to reach out to the community that is most problematic for Kathy Hochul in the primary, some of me thinks she'll want to have a man( on the ticket), but I don't think that there's anything terribly politically problematic about having two women. I think that might help her in a primary.

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