PROGRESSIVE
\pɹəɡɹˈɛsɪv], \pɹəɡɹˈɛsɪv], \p_ɹ_ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of PROGRESSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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gradually advancing in extent
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advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"
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favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
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(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases
By Princeton University
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gradually advancing in extent
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advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"
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favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
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(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to the Progressive party.
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Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.
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Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.
By Oddity Software
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One who believes in, and works for, changes and reforms, especially in political matters: Progressive Party, a political party formed in 1912 by Theodore Roosevelt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Going forward, advancing; noting the course of a disease, especially, when unqualified, an unfavorable course, as progressive paralysis, progressive atrophy.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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Progressing or moving forward: advancing gradually: improving.
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PROGRESSIVELY.
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PROGRESSIVENESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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