progressive

• prog. (abbreviation)

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) +‎ -īvus.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)

1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.

   a progressive politician

   progressive business leadership

4. Of or relating to progressive education.

   a progressive school

5. (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
6. Advancing in severity.

   progressive paralysis

7. liberal (politically)
8. (grammar) continuous

• regressive
• (advancing in severity): non-progressive
• conservative
• reactionary

• progress

progressive (plural progressives)

1. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
2. (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used the progressive tense and generally conjugated as to end in -ing.

• "progressive" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 243.

progressive

1. feminine singular of progressif

progressive

1. inflection of progressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

progressive (comparative plus progressive, superlative le plus progressive)

1. progressive, gradually increasing, progressing

progressive

1. feminine plural of progressivo

prōgressive

1. vocative masculine singular of prōgressivus