progressˈionism noun

1. Sympathy with or advocacy of progress
2. Belief that social or other evolution is towards higher or better things

progressˈionist noun

1. A believer in progressionism
2. A progressive
3. A person who favours progress or reform

Of or relating to progressionism or progressionists

progressˈism (or /prōˈ or proˈ/) noun

Progressionism

progressˈist (or /prōˈ or proˈ/) noun

1. A person who advocates a progressive policy
2. A progressionist

progressˈive adjective

1. Moving forward
2. Making progress
3. Modern, esp displaying or applying liberal or enlightened views or practices
4. Of the nature of progress
5. Advancing by successive stages
6. (of a disease, condition, etc) increasing steadily in severity or extent
7. (in games, eg progressive whist) played by several sets of players, some of whom move from one table to the next after each hand according to the rules of the game
8. (of a dance) involving moving on to a new partner at some point in the sequence of movements
9. Advancing towards better and better or higher and higher
10. In favour of social and political progress or reform
11. (usu with cap) applied to a political party with progressive policies
12. (of taxation) in which the rate increases as the amount to be taxed increases
13. Continuous (grammar)

1. Someone who favours progress or reform
2. (usu with cap) a member of a party with ‘progressive’ in its title
3. The progressive aspect or tense (grammar)
4. A verb in this
5. Any of a sequence of printing proofs showing each colour separately and the cumulative effect of each colour upon the other(s)

progressˈively adverb

progressˈiveness noun

progressˈivism noun

progressˈivist noun

progress chaser noun

An employee responsible for monitoring and expediting the progress of work

progressive rock see under prog³

in progress

1. Going on
2. In course of happening or being produced