progressive
pronunciation
How to pronounce progressive in British English:
UK [prəˈɡresɪv]
How to pronounce progressive in American English:
US [prəˈɡresɪv]
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- Noun:
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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- Adjective:
- favoring or promoting progress
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases
- gradually advancing in extent
- advancing in severity
Word Origin
- progressive (adj.)
- c. 1600, "characterized by advancement" (in action, character, etc.), from progress (n.) + -ive, or else from French progressif, from past participle stem of Latin progredi. Of taxation, from 1889; of jazz, from 1947. Meaning "characterized by striving for change and innovation, avant-garde, liberal" is from 1908. In the socio-political sense "favoring reform; radically liberal," it emerged in various British contexts from the 1880s; in the U.S. it was active as a movement in the 1890s and a generation thereafter, the name being taken again from time to time, most recently by some more liberal Democrats and other social activists, by c. 2000. The noun in the sense "one who favors social and political change in the name of progress" is first attested 1865 (originally in Christianity). Earlier in a like sense were progressionist (1849, adjective; 1884, noun), progressist (1848). Related: Progressively; progressiveness.
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Example
- 1. We are seeking the most progressive practices and innovative ideas to help people develop new capabilities .
- 2. Iowa 's supreme court is also seen as progressive .
- 3. But obama would make it vastly more progressive .
- 4. It is not surprising then that the question " is philosophy progressive ? " Is hardly ever raised .
- 5. In the 1960s , americans flocked to england to marvel at its progressive schools .