English dictionary
progressive
adjectivePronunciation
pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- advancing in severity
adjective
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
adjective
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
adjective
- favoring or promoting progress
adjective
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
adjective
- gradually advancing in extent
noun
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
noun
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Example sentences
progressive paralysis
progressive euchre
progressive tournaments
progressive schools