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adjective(pro-gres-sive)favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
Synonyms: reform-minded, reformist,
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noun(pro-gres-sive)a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Synonyms: liberal, liberalist,
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noun(pro-gres-sive)a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive tense,
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adjective(pro-gres-sive)advancing in severity
Examples:
Progressive paralysis.
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adjective(pro-gres-sive)favoring or promoting progress
Antonyms: regressive,
Examples:
Progressive schools.
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adjective(pro-gres-sive)gradually advancing in extent
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adjective(pro-gres-sive)(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
Examples:
Progressive euchre.
Progressive tournaments.
Progressive tournaments.
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adjective(pro-gres-sive)(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
Antonyms: regressive,