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progressive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'progressive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Progressive [ a.]
- Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.
- Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.

Meaning of 'progressive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . progressive [ a]
Meaning (1):
- favoring or promoting progress
Example in sentence:
  • progressive schools
2 . progressive [ s]
Meaning (2):
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
Example in sentence:
  • progressive euchre;
  • progressive tournaments
Meaning (3):
- advancing in severity
Example in sentence:
  • progressive paralysis