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 tense(noun)

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

2. liberal, liberalist, progressive(adj)

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

3. progressive(adj)

   favoring or promoting progress

   "progressive schools"

4. progressive, reformist, reform-minded(adj)

   favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

5. progressive(adj)

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

6. progressive(adj)

   gradually advancing in extent

7. progressive(adj)

   (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. progressive(adj)

   advancing in severity

   "progressive paralysis"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Progressive(a.)

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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]

2. Progressive(a.)

   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. progressive(Noun)

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

2. progressive(Noun)

   A progressive verb.

3. progressive(Adjective)

   Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.

4. progressive(Adjective)

   Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.

5. progressive(Adjective)

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

6. progressive(Adjective)

   Of or relating to progressive education.

   a progressive school

7. progressive(Adjective)

   Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

8. progressive(Adjective)

   Advancing in severity.

   progressive paralysis

9. progressive(Adjective)

   liberal (politically)

10. Progressive(Noun)

    A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.

11. Progressive(Adjective)

    Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.

12. Progressive(Adjective)

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

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

1. Progressive(adj)

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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. progressif.]

2. Progressive(adj)

   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_.)

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

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

How to pronounce progressive?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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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. John Hickenlooper:

   This is all through collaboration, business and nonprofits. It's Republicans and Democrats. Getting everybody to work. And I think that message that we can achieve progressive goals without this very ideological purity, I think that's a message that people have to hear.

2. Lo Chih-cheng:

   Her nomination indicates the unity of the KMT, closing the gap between her and the DPP( Democratic Progressive Party) rival, hung embraces the.

3. Keith Mortman:

   For these patients who essentially present in progressive respiratory failure, the damage to the lungs is rapid and widespread( as evidenced in the VR video), unfortunately, once damaged to this degree, the lungs can take a long time to heal. For approximately 2-4 %( depending on which numbers you believe) of patients with Covid-19, the damage is irreversible and they will succumb to the disease.

4. Umberto Volta:

   The most striking change in clinical presentation of celiac disease over time has been the decrease of diarrhea as the leading symptom and the progressive increase of other non-classical gastrointestinal symptoms (such as constipation, bloating and alternate bowel habits as well as gastro-esophageal reflux, nausea, vomiting and dyspepsia), a high proportion of celiac disease patients did not show any gastrointestinal symptom, but they displayed extra-intestinal manifestations such as iron-deficiency anemia, unexplained osteoporosis, abnormalities of liver-function tests and recurrent miscarriages.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Weneed a new vision for American and thats what our campaign is about, the most important and significant opposition we face is the limitation to our imaginations. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Rashida Tlaib address the audience during a Sanders campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan. ( REUTERS/Rebecca Cook) Sanders also took the time to praise Tlaib for her role in representing the partys progressive wing.

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