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progressive
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[prəˈɡrɛsɪv], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- happening or developing gradually or in stages
(e.g: a progressive decline in popularity)
- (of a person or idea) favouring social reform
(e.g: a relatively progressive Minister of Education)
- denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g. am writing, was writing
- (of a card game or dance) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position
- engaging in or constituting forward motion
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Origin
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late Middle English: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi (see progress)
[prəˈɡrɛsɪv], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an advocate of social reform
(e.g: people tend to present themselves either as progressives or traditionalists on this issue)
- a progressive tense or aspect
(e.g: the present progressive)
- each of a set of proofs of colour work, showing all the colours separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi (see progress)
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