progressivepro‧gres‧sive1 /prəˈɡresɪv/ ●○○ adjective 
a progressive administration progressive and forward-looking policies2happening or developing gradually over a period of timeprogressive decline/reduction/increase etc the progressive increase in population Britain’s progressive decline as a world power3 technical the progressive form of a verb is used to show that an action or activity is continuing to happen. In English, it consists of the verb ‘be’ followed by the present participle, as in ‘I was waiting for the bus’. SYN continuous—progressiveness noun [uncountable]—progressivism noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a progressive brain disorder
- Lotus had always prided itself on its progressive employee policies.
- Patients are taught progressive muscle relaxation techniques.
- She went to a progressive private school where the pupils could choose which lessons to attend.
- the progressive wing of the Republican Party
- the government's progressive policies for dealing with inner city problems
- Accountability and responsibility are crucial characteristics of a vital, progressive, democratic society.
- Herein lies the progressive dilemma of the 21st century.
- I began to consistently ally myself, in my heart and mind, with the progressive side of political movements.
- I believe that progressive legislation like universal health care is essential and would be good for individuals and good for the country.
- One also has to question just how progressive Labour really is.
- Patients with osteoarthritis have a progressive destruction of joint tissue which can be exactly quantified.
- Taxation can be redistributive without being progressive.
- The Conservatives, led by James Pliny Whitney, were more progressive.
Longman Language Activatormodern ideas/ways of thinking
having new ideas or attitudes, rather than traditional or old-fashioned ones: · They're a very modern couple -- he stays at home with the kids and she goes out to work.· The school is very modern in its approach to sex education.
using new methods to educate or bring up children, deal with social problems etc, especially when these methods are less strict than traditional ones: · She went to a progressive private school where the pupils could choose which lessons to attend.· the government's progressive policies for dealing with inner city problems
willing to use new and recently developed methods and ideas: · We like to think we're a forward-looking company that isn't afraid to use new ideas.· We need more forward-looking political thinking.
British always keen to use modern ideas and methods because you want to be successful: · Fortuna is a young, go-ahead computer company based in Düsseldorf.
to change your way of living or working so that you are using modern ideas, methods etc, even though you may not want to: · I'm not keen on having a mobile phone, but I suppose we must all move with the times.· This is a town that has changed with the times and now provides every vacation facility you could wish for.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the progressive increase in populationCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the progressive increase in population (=gradual but continuous)· There has been a steady decline in club membership.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The disease does not go away if one ignores it: progressive decline is inexorable.· The result is a progressive decline in physical abilities.· The progressive decline in the course of addictive disease follows similar patterns in differing individual sufferers.
· The chronic phase shows progressive deterioration in emotional stability so that relationships become progressively damaged.· Recurrent anxiety and depression with progressive deterioration.· The third possibility of no solution, but a progressive deterioration in the territories remained the most dangerous.· The effect on Nizan of this progressive deterioration of his father's situation can not be overestimated.
· My argument is that state capitalism of the kind outlined above would be a highly progressive development.· Almost continuous revolution for twenty-seven years following independence had disrupted industry, commerce, and all progressive development.· He believed in a kind of progressive development of forms, but like Forbes stopped short of an actual evolutionary theory.· There is therefore inevitably a friction between the rigid pacta tertiis rule and the progressive development of normative standards.· The critical question was: Why has life undergone this progressive development in the course of time?
· But alcoholism, like drug addiction, is a progressive disease that gets worse without treatment.· It is important to offer some ray of hope to the victims of this chronic and progressive disease.· As a progressive disease, cure is not possible, only arrest of the disease.
· Britain, in the mid-1970s, seemed to me like the promised land of progressive education.· Teachers actively engage in working for progressive education, defending the curriculum they developed and finding ways to expand it.· I got a job under a free-thinking Head in one of the most progressive education authorities.· Winnetka is blessed with a long history of progressive education.· Such a view begins to turn on its head the old assumption that individualism is the sinequanon of progressive education.· Everything about the schools was viewed through the lens of progressive education.· So much for a progressive education.
· Inevitably, in time, some of the progressive ideas being put forward seeped into public consciousness.· Questions about their politics elicited answers which were, generally, conservative and not in favour of progressive ideas.· There was, however, also an ethical strain to the progressive ideas of this period.
· Their rise was not, however, one of simple and progressive increase in variety.
· By making such groups irrelevant, the State can write off the progressive movements of the last 20 years.
· A progressive reduction in tissue perfusion may accompany recurrence of Crohn's disease while at a subclinical stage.
· Income tax is a progressive tax because higher earners pay a higher proportion of their income in this tax than lower earners.· By definition, a tax whose average tax rate rises as income Increases is called progressive tax.· A progressive tax structure is one in which the average tax rate rises with an individual's income level.· Why? 6 Precisely what is meant by a progressive tax?· A second reform is therefore essential - to turn the national insurance tax from a proportional into a progressive tax.· Like any progressive tax, liability increases where the pocket is deeper.
· Many of these changes have been directly related to progressive taxation, transfer payments and high levels of employment.· Now Smith had rather little to say about whether this impartial spectator favored progressive taxation.· The banding system is a move towards progressive taxation, which I welcome.
WORD FAMILYnounprogressprogressionprogressiveadjectiveprogressiveverbprogressadverbprogressively
1supporting new or modern ideas and methods, especially in politics and education: a progressive administration progressive and forward-looking policies2happening or developing gradually over a period of timeprogressive decline/reduction/increase etc the progressive increase in population Britain’s progressive decline as a world power3 technical the progressive form of a verb is used to show that an action or activity is continuing to happen. In English, it consists of the verb ‘be’ followed by the present participle, as in ‘I was waiting for the bus’. SYN continuous—progressiveness noun [uncountable]—progressivism noun [uncountable]