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Progression

Definition: Progression

Progression

Noun

1. A series with a definite pattern of advance.

2. A movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops".

3. The act of moving forward toward a goal.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "progression" was first used: sometime around 1380. (references)


Specialty Definition: Progression

DomainDefinition

Health

Increase in the size of a tumor or spread of cancer in the body. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Progression

Synonyms: advance (n), advancement (n), forward motion (n), onward motion (n), patterned advance (n), progress (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Progression

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Continuity

Noun: continuity; consecution, consecutiveness; Adjective: succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent.

Number

Ratio, proportion, comparison; progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression; percentage, permilage.

Order

Gradation, progression; series; (continuity).

Sequence

Noun: progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing; Verb: advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march; rise; improvement.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Progression

English words defined with "progression": Arava, arithmetic progression, Arithmetical progressioncareer, carvedilol, Contrary motion, Corpuscular theoryEquidifferentFalse relation, Figurate numbers, final, flowgeometric progression, geometric series, Geometrical progression, growthHar monically, harmonic progression, Harmonic series, harmonyIntermediate termslast, leflunomide, life historymagic square, musical harmonynetOblique motionProfection, Progressional, ProgressioniststreamTriangular numbers. (references)
Specialty definitions using "progression": anetholtrithione, animal modelcdc25 Phosphatase, Complement Inactivators, Cyclin A, Cyclin-Dependent KinasesDiabetes Mellitus, Insulin-DependentEye Diseases, HereditaryG1 Phase, Ghostharmonics of the earth's gravitational fields, High Tide, Hominy, hypercubemaking a pass, making a run, Matrilysin, Mucopolysaccharidosis IIon the gripping hand, Open Distributed Processingprogressive ratio, Proliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenReoperation, rho GTP-Binding ProteinsSecondary succession, Selegiline, speed steps, spitzkastentherapeutic failure, treatment failure, tumor modelViral Load. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Progression" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (advance, gradation, improving, increasing, progress, progression), German (progression).

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Modern Usage: Progression

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's a mathematical progression, 40-26-36. (Our Man Flint; writing credit: Hal Fimberg)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Progression

DomainTitle

Books

  • Aquitaine Progression Uk (reference)

  • Career Progression Guide for Soldiers: A Practical, Complete Guide for Getting Ahead in Today's Competitive Army (reference)

  • Principles of Progression (reference)

  • Progression Blackjack: Exposing the Card Counting Myth (reference)

  • Regression to Dependence: A Second Opportunity for Ego Integration and Developmental Progression (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Progression

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Progression

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Low-power view shows complete loss of germinal centers and partial effacement of architecture signalling imminent progression of HIV disease to AIDS in this patient. Credit: CDC.

Progression of liver injury in alcoholic fibrosis. Credit: NIAA.

Tradition et progression : votez Liberal. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Progression

AuthorQuotation

William Blake

Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.

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Use in Literature: Progression

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

OLD KING COLE solves it by an arithmetical progression.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Progression

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Its progression cannot be slowed. (references)

However, there is evidence of slow progression over many years. (references)

In both cases, there was less rapid progression of atherosclerosis. (references)

Business

For a well-established franchise system, which is facing the prospect of a saturated home market, then the opportunity to expand into overseas markets could be a logical progression. (references)

Economic History

Belarus

Following the recognition of Belarus as an independent state in December 1991 by the European Communities, EU-Belarus relations initially experienced a steady progression. (references)

Pakistan

The recent growth of the industry is due in large part to its successful progression from the export of raw hides and skins and semi-processed leather towards high value-added finished leathers and leather products (including leather jackets, gloves, footwear, and sporting goods). (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

In the criminal system, the progression is magistrate, sessions court, High Court, and the Supreme Court. (references)

Trade

Botswana

As a progression of the Trade Protocol, SADC launched the SADC Free Trade Agreement on September 1, 2000. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Progression

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857Whether the elements of inherent force in the Republic have kept pace with its unparalleled progression in territory, population, and wealth has been the subject of earnest thought and discussion on both sides of the ocean.

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Usage Frequency: Progression

"Progression" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.86% of the time. "Progression" is used about 731 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.86%7309,255
Noun (proper)0.14%1339,140
                    Total100.00%731N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Progression

Expressions using "progression": arithmetic progression arithmetical progression belief in progression bracket progression disease progression geometric progression Geometrical progression harmonic progression line progression monsoon progression progression of the monsoon ratio of a geometrical progression. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Progression

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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118

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5

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71

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5

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41

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5

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27

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5

pregnancy progression

14

career progression

5

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11

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5

blues progression

11

chord gospel progression

4

chord piano progression

11

picture pregnancy progression

4

geometric progression

10

age age progression regression

4

jazz chord progression

10

clock progression up wake

4

arithmetic progression

9

day progression salon spa

4

jazz progression

9

alcoholism progression

4

hiv progression

7

chord common progression

4

alzheimers progression

7

progression r wave

4

blues chord progression

7

progression tool

4

chart chord progression

7

progression spine stabilization

4

magazine progression

6

guitar progression

4

age progression story

6

poor progression r wave

4

age photo progression

6

progression spectra

4

progression boat

6

progression secondary

4

als progression

4
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Modern Translation: Progression

Language Translations for "progression"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

progresion, ecje përpara, avancim (advance, progress). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تفاقم الألم, ‏تفاقم الشر, ‏تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ‏توال (succession), ‏تعاقب الأمور, ‏تعاقب (alternate, alternation, gradation, interchange, revolve, rotate, rotation, sequence, series, succeed, succession), ‏تدرج (gradate, gradation, grade, graduate, graduation, scale, shade), ‏سير الأمور (make things hum), ‏المتوالية, ‏المتتالية (series), ‏إنتاج متزايد. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

напредване (headway, lift, progress, way), прогресия (series), движение напред (headway, precession, progress). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

进步 (Progressed, Progressing, Progressive, uplift). (various references)

   

Czech

  

postup (advance, approach, consecution, course, course of action, practice, procedure, process, progress, run, working), pokrok (advance, advancement, progress), vývoj (development, evolution). (various references)

   

Danish

  

paritetsprogressionskvotient (parity progression rate), tørrehastighed (drying progression, drying rate), monsunfremtraengen (monsoon progression, progression of the monsoon), fritagelse med progressiv beskatning (exemption with progression), degressiv vækst (progression recessive), akut metastasesyndrom (acute metastatic progression). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

progressieve vrijstelling (exemption with progression), progressieve vooruitgang (progression progressive), vorderen van de moesson (monsoon progression, progression of the monsoon), rekenkundige rij (arithmetic progression, arithmetic sequence), regel-opschuifrichting (line progression), recessieve vooruitgang (progression recessive), meetkundige rij (geometric progression, geometric sequence), mate van uitbreiding van het gezin (parity progression rate), loopbaanontwikkeling (career progression), droogsnelheid (drying progression, drying rate, evaporative rate, rate of drying), belastingprogressie (bracket creep, bracket progression), beeldlijn-opschuifrichting (line progression), acute metastasering (acute metastatic progression). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرایازی , پیشرفت (Accession, Advance, Beat, Development, Growth, Headway, Improvement, Lift, Progress, Promotion, Rise), توالی (Sequence, Subsequence, Suit, Track, Train), تسلسل (Concatenation, Continuity, Continuum, Sequence, Suit, Track), تصاعد. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rivin eteneminen (line progression), akuutti metastaasioireyhtymä (acute metastatic progression). (various references)

   

French

  

progression (progress), avancement (preferment, process, promotion). (various references)

   

German

  

Verlauf (course, end, issue, passage, process, progress, regime, tenor, trend), reihe (array, bank, battery, chain, file, line, line-up, number, order, procession, range, rank, row, run, series, set, string, suite, tier, turn), Fortschreiten (advance, continue, develop, go on, march on, progress). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κίνηση προσ τα εμπρόσ, προχώρηση (advance, muscle advancement). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מעקובת (sequence), פרו'רסי", "תק"מות (advance, advancement, headway, ongoing, progress), "ת "לות, ""ר'" (gradation, gradualness), טור (column, file, line, rank, route, row). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

folyamat (course, course of proceedings, passage, procedure, process, procession, progress, run). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

gerak maju, deret (row, series). (various references)

   

Italian

  

progressione (locomotion). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

級数 (series), 数列 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すうれつ, きゅうすう (series). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

진행성. (various references)

   

Manx

  

immeeaght (act, action, decampment, depart, departure, drift, exit, exodus, flight of time, going, going away, paces of a horse; current, paces of a horse; current of events, procedure, proceeding, procession, progress, start, way), goll er oai (progress). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ogressionpray

   

Portuguese

  

progressão (go-ahead, ladder, progress, series). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

progresie (gradation, grade), mers înainte (advance). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прогрессия, прогресс (advancement, go ahead, headway, progress), последовательность (chain, consecution, consistency, continuity, sequence, succession). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

progresija, red (array, consecution, cue, inning, innings, line, order, ordinance, phylum, queue, row, series, turn). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

progresión. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

talföljd (sequence of numbers), framfart (progress, rampaging, ravaging, reckless driving, sweep). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sıra (alignment, arrangement, array, bench, desk, file, form, linage, line, occasion, order, ordinal, place, queue, range, rank, row, sequence, series, settle, slot, spell, succession, tier, train, turn), ilerleme (advance, advancement, expansion, forwardness, gain, headway, improvement, progress, rising, upswing, uptrend), geçiş (changeover, modulation, pass, passage, passing, transition), dizi (battery, chain, cluster, course, cycle, order, queue, range, rank, rope, round, row, sequence, serial, series, set, string, tier, train), devamlılık (continuity, durability, endlessness, lastingness, permanence, permanency, persistence, regularity), devam (attendance, continuation, continue, continued existance, duration, endurance, follow through, permanence, permanency, perpetuation, prosecution, pursuance, sequel, steadiness). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

секвенція, рух (motion, move, movement, process), просування (ascension, ascent, progress, promotion, propulsion, rise, travel), прогресія, прогрес (advance, advancement, headway, progress), послідовність (chain, coherence, consistency, continuity, graduality, order, sequence, succession). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tiến triển (progress), sự tiến tới (advance, advancement, progress), sự tiến bộ (advancement, headway, progress). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Progression

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

progressionem. (various references)

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Derivations & Misspellings: Progression

Derivations

Words beginning with "progression": progressional, progressions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Progression" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: progession, progressio, progresssion. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Progression"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "progression" (pronounced prugre"shun)
8-r u g r e" sh u nregression.
7-u g r e" sh u naggression, nonaggression.
6-g r e" sh u ndigression, transgression.
5-r e" sh u ncompression, decompression, depression, discretion, expression, freshen, impression, indiscretion, misimpression, oppression, repression, suppression.
4-e" sh u naccession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession.
3-sh u nabbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.

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Anagrams: Progression

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-s"

-2 letters: poisoners, prisoners, prognoses, prognosis, resprings, springers.

-3 letters: erosions, goriness, gossiper, ignorers, isogones, perigons, poisoner, poorness, pressing, prioress, prisoner, prognose, progress, reposing, respring, ropiness, snoopers, snoopier, spongers, spongier, spoonier, spoonies, spooring, springer, springes.

-4 letters: engross, epigons, eringos, erosion, goonies, goopier, goosier, gorsier, gripers, grisons, gropers, grosser, ignorer, ignores, ingress, ironers, isogone, isogons, noosers, operons.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: progressions.

 

+2 letters: governorships, progressional.

 

+3 letters: nonprogressive, overprocessing.

 

+4 letters: crossopterygian, nonprogressives, overcompressing, sporangiophores, supererogations.

 

+5 letters: crossopterygians.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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