progressive

[pruh-gres-iv] /prəˈgrɛs ɪv/
adjective
1.
favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters:
a progressive mayor.
2.
making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.:
a progressive community.
3.
characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
4.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.
5.
going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.
6.
noting or pertaining to a form of taxation in which the rate increases with certain increases in taxable income.
7.
of or pertaining to progressive education:
progressive schools.
8.
Grammar. noting a verb aspect or other verb category that indicates action or state going on at a temporal point of reference.
9.
Medicine/Medical. continuously increasing in extent or severity, as a disease.
noun
10.
a person who is progressive or who favors progress or reform, especially in political matters.
11.
(initial capital letter) a member of a Progressive party.
12.
Grammar.
  1. the progressive aspect.
  2. a verb form or construction in the progressive, as are thinking in They are thinking about it.
Origin
1600-10; progress + -ive
Related forms
progressively, adverb
progressiveness, progressivity
[proh-gre-siv-i-tee] /ˌproʊ grɛˈsɪv ɪ ti/ (Show IPA), noun
antiprogressive, adjective
nonprogressive, adjective, noun
nonprogressively, adverb
nonprogressiveness, noun
quasi-progressive, adjective
quasi-progressively, adverb
semiprogressive, adjective, noun
semiprogressively, adverb
semiprogressiveness, noun
ultraprogressive, adjective, noun
ultraprogressively, adverb
ultraprogressiveness, noun
unprogressive, adjective
unprogressively, adverb
unprogressiveness, noun
Synonyms
1, 9. liberal. 5. successive.
Examples from the web for progressive
  • So, it is difficult to follow the logic that blames progressive taxation for growing income disparities between rich and poor.
  • White was a progressive thinker who insisted that these collections be available to the public.
  • But a more important horizon, the boundary to their great progressive inquiry, recedes even as their knowledge advances.
  • However,according to historical materialist point of view, the emergence of religion is also a progressive history.
  • They also include theologians representing a variety of religions and views, from orthodox to progressive.
  • Omni-Shield advanced repellency provides progressive protection against seasonal precipitation.
  • After this warning shot had been sounded, the aging monarch compromised, displaying an increasingly progressive approach.
  • Explain that one reason for ecosystem change is succession, the progressive change in the species composition of an ecosystem.
  • The itinerary also includes a guided, progressive lunch featuring dishes at six or more local eateries.
  • Ours is a progressive people, but with a determination that progress must be based upon the foundation of experience.
British Dictionary definitions for progressive

progressive

/prəˈɡrɛsɪv/
adjective
1.
of or relating to progress
2.
proceeding or progressing by steps or degrees
3.
(often capital) favouring or promoting political or social reform through government action, or even revolution, to improve the lot of the majority: a progressive policy
4.
denoting or relating to an educational system that allows flexibility in learning procedures, based on activities determined by the needs and capacities of the individual child, the aim of which is to integrate academic with social development
5.
(of a tax or tax system) graduated so that the rate increases relative to the amount taxed Compare regressive (sense 2)
6.
(esp of a disease) advancing in severity, complexity, or extent
7.
(of a dance, card game, etc) involving a regular change of partners after one figure, one game, etc
8.
denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages, including English, used to express prolonged or continuous activity as opposed to momentary or habitual activity: a progressive aspect of the verb ``to walk'' is ``is walking.''
noun
9.
a person who advocates progress, as in education, politics, etc
10.
  1. the progressive aspect of a verb
  2. a verb in this aspect
Derived Forms
progressively, adverb
progressiveness, noun
progressivism, noun
progressivist, noun

Progressive

/prəˈɡrɛsɪv/
noun
1.
(US, history) a member or supporter of a Progressive Party
2.
(Canadian history) a member or supporter of a chiefly agrarian reform movement advocating the nationalization of railways, low tariffs, an end to party politics, and similar measures: important in the early 1920s
adjective
3.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a Progressive Party, Progressive movement, or Progressives
Word Origin and History for progressive
adj.

c.1600, "characterized by advancement" (in action, character, etc.), from progress (n.) + -ive, or else from French progressif, from past participle stem of Latin progredi. Of taxation, from 1889; of jazz, from 1947. Meaning "characterized by striving for change and innovation, avant-garde, liberal" is from 1908.

In the socio-political sense "favoring reform; radically liberal," it emerged in various British contexts from the 1880s; in the U.S. it was active as a movement in the 1890s and a generation thereafter, the name being taken again from time to time, most recently by some more liberal Democrats and other social activists, by c.2000. The noun in the sense "one who favors social and political change in the name of progress" is first attested 1865 (originally in Christianity). Earlier in a like sense were progressionist (1849, adjective; 1884, noun), progressist (1848). Related: Progressively; progressiveness.

progressive in Medicine

progressive pro·gres·sive (prə-grěs'ĭv)
adj.

  1. Moving forward; advancing.

  2. Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments, as of a course of treatment.

  3. Tending to become more severe or wider in scope, as of a disease or paralysis.