Progressive Definition

prə-grĕsĭv
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adjective
Moving forward or onward.
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Continuing by successive steps.
A progressive decline.
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Of, or concerned with, progression.
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Of or having to do with a person, movement, etc. thought of as being modern or advanced, as in ideas, methods, etc.
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Favoring, working for, or characterized by progress or improvement, as through political or social reform.
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noun
progressives
A person who is progressive, esp. one who favors political progress or reform.
Webster's New World
A member of a Progressive Party.
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A progressive verb form.
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Other Word Forms of Progressive

Noun

Singular:
progressive
Plural:
progressives

Progressive Sentence Examples

  • An inner product may be either progressive or regressive.

  • He will accept it as a stage, of no small importance, in progressive definition; but he will seek to go further.

  • The censors, being elected on a general ticket, were always more progressive than the convention, which was chosen on the principle of equal township representation.

  • Men of Pinckney's type were not in sympathy with the progressive democratic spirit of America, and they began to withdraw from politics after about 1800.

  • They are among the most progressive of the Lebanon elements.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PR & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With VE

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With E