What does progressive mean?
Definitions for progressive
prəˈgrɛs ɪvpro·gres·sive
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word progressive.
Princeton's WordNet
progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tensenoun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
liberal, liberalist, progressiveadjective
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
progressiveadjective
favoring or promoting progress
"progressive schools"
progressive, reformist, reform-mindedadjective
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
progressiveadjective
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
progressiveadjective
gradually advancing in extent
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"
progressiveadjective
advancing in severity
"progressive paralysis"
GCIDE
Progressiveadjective
Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative.
Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]
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
progressivenoun
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
progressivenoun
A progressive verb.
progressiveadjective
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
progressiveadjective
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
progressiveadjective
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
progressiveadjective
Of or relating to progressive education.
a progressive school
progressiveadjective
Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
progressiveadjective
Advancing in severity.
progressive paralysis
progressiveadjective
liberal (politically)
Progressivenoun
A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
Progressiveadjective
Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
Progressiveadjective
Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
Webster Dictionary
Progressiveadjective
moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde
Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]
Progressiveadjective
improving; as, art is in a progressive state
Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
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_.)
British National Corpus
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Rank popularity for the word 'progressive' in Adjectives Frequency: #680
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of progressive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of progressive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of progressive in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Translations for progressive
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- progressista, progressiuCatalan, Valencian
- pokrokovýCzech
- fortschrittlich, progressivGerman
- προοδευτικόςGreek
- progresivoSpanish
- ترقی خواهPersian
- enenevä, edistysmielinen, edistynyt, paheneva, edistyksellinen, etenevä, lisääntyvä, progressiivinenFinnish
- progressifFrench
- adhartachScottish Gaelic
- framfarasinniIcelandic
- progressista, progressivoItalian
- 진보적Korean
- پێشکهوتوKurdish
- ductusLatin
- progredierendeNorwegian
- progressiefDutch
- progredierandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- progressivoPortuguese
- de progres, avansat, progresistă, progresiv, înaintat, progresistRomanian
- передовой, прогрессирующий, постепенный, последовательный, прогрессивный деятель, прогрессивный человек, прогрессивный, поступательныйRussian
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