Progressive

Definition: Progressive

Progressive

Adjective

1. Favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools".

2. Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).

3. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases.

4. Gradually advancing in extent.

5. Advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis".

Noun

1. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going.

2. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.

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

Date "progressive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references)

Etymology: Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, adjective. [Compare to French progressif.]. (Websters 1913)

Health

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Synonyms: Progressive

Continuity

Adjective: continuous, continued; consecutive; progressive, gradual; serial, successive; immediate, unbroken, entire; linear; in a line, in a row; Noun: uninterrupted, unintermitting; unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence) a; perennial, evergreen; constant.

Course

Adjective: elapsing; Verb: aoristic; progressive. -

Improvement

Adjective: improving; Verb: progressive, improved; Verb: better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised.

Sequence

Adjective: advancing; Verb: progressive, profluent; advanced.

Crosswords: Progressive

You see, if you take any progressive series, it can be converted into binary notation. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

Satan has become an embarrassment to our progressive views. (Exorcist II: The Heretic; writing credit: William Goodhart)

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References

• Progressive Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (reference)

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Books

• The United States Constitution: 200 Years of Anti-Federalist, Abolitionist, Feminist, Muckraking, Progressive, and Especially Socialist Criticism (reference)

• Abdominal Training: A Progressive Guide to Greater Strength (2nd Edition) (reference)

• The Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism: Project Censored (Open Media Pamphlet Series, 8) (reference)

• John Lyons' Bringing Up Baby: 20 Progressive Ground-Work Lessons to Develop Your Young Horse into a Reliable, Accepting Partner (reference)

• Conscience and Convenience: The Asylum and Its Alternatives in Progressive America (New Lines in Criminology) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Progressive Farmer (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Progressive Dies - Tape 3: Forming and Flanging Principles (reference)

• Progressive Dies -Tape 1: Starting, Gaging, and Control (reference)

• Progressive Dies - Tape 2: Trimming and Piercing Tips (reference)

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Music

• Sor: Fantaisies / Progressive Studies (reference)

• Progressive UK Sessions 1 (reference)

• The Progressive Blues Experiment (reference)

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High Tech

• Philips Progressive Scan DVD Player #DVD953AT (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Hitachi 725360 New Progressive Tooth Technology - 8", HCS, Wood Cutting Reciprocating Saw Blades (5-Pack) (reference)

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This patient sustained progressive destruction, degeneration, and disorganization of the knee joint resulting from a loss of sensation caused by long standing tabes dorsalis. This condition was brought on during tertiary syphilis. Credit: CDC.

Neurosyphilis is a slowly progressive and destructive infection of the brain and spinal cord that occurs in untreated syphilis. Image shows bipolar, elongated microglia or rod cells characteristic of paretic neurosyphilis; Hortega Silver stain; Mag. 950X. Credit: CDC.

Mosquito Cove cobble beach showing progressive landward migration of shoreline. Credit: America's Coastlines.

As the net draws tighter a few fish are seen as the initial casualties of the progressive compression of the school within the net. Credit: Fisheries.

The Spinal Form of Progressive Muscular Atrophy. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Progressive Muscular Atrophy. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A war president. Progressive democracy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Progressive democracy--prospect of a smash up. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Progressive at the international doors. Credit: Library of Congress.

Theodore Roosevelt walking away from figure of "Progressive Party" stabbed with "declination" knife. Credit: Library of Congress.

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A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. (reference)

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I was not in the least sensible of the progressive motion made in the air by the island.

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Health

AD is a progressive disease. (references)

This form is usually quickly progressive. (references)

In some cases, progressive paraplegia may occur. (references)

Business

Irrigation systems are being viewed in Brazil as a paradigm of a modern, productive and progressive agriculture industry. (references)

The advantages that have favored wind power's rapid expansion in Spain are its smaller environmental impact compared to other types of energy and its progressive reductions in costs. (references)

Taiwan's publishing industry is one of the most progressive in Asia. Over 28,500 new titles were produced in 2000, of which 3,500 were translations from a foreign language into Chinese. (references)

Children

Singapore

Persons with Disabilities The Government maintains a comprehensive code on barrier-free accessibility, which establishes standards for facilities for the physically disabled in all new buildings and mandated the progressive upgrading of older structures. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

In April a longstanding registration case was resolved in Sevastopol, when an 18 month-old registration application from a Progressive Jewish community finally was approved by the local Committee for Religious Affairs. (references)

Ukraine

Representatives of the Progressive Jewish communities claimed that pressure from Chabad Lubavitch officials on local Dnipropetrovsk authorities has led to a 5-year delay in the granting of registration to a Progressive Jewish community in the city. (references)

Economic History

Antigua and Barbuda

In the last elections in March 1999, the ALP gained another seat resulting in a distribution of 12 seats to the ALP, four seats to the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) led by Baldwin Spencer, and one seat to the Barbuda People's Movement (BPM). (references)

Saudi Arabia

In May 2001, Saudi Arabia took the progressive step of reducing tariffs on almost all goods to 5%. This moves Saudi Arabia in line with the regional tariff norm, and is consistent with the proposed GCC Customs Union scheduled to be implemented by March 2005. (references)

Seychelles

Political life is dominated by President Albert France Rene and his Seychelles Peoples Progressive Front. (references)

Human Rights

Zambia

During the year, a number of citizens remained in self-imposed political exile in foreign countries, including: Liberal Progressive Front President Dr. Roger Chongwe, in Australia; Zambia Democratic Congress General Secretary Azwell Banda, in South Africa; former editor of the defunct newspaper, Confidential, Reverend Steward Mwila, in South Africa; and former President Kaunda's daughter, Catherine Mwanza, in South Africa. (references)

Lebanon

Nine of those turned over remained in custody at year's end, including Abu Haytham Karara, an official of the Progressive Socialist Party. (references)

Antigua and Barbuda

However, members of the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) insisted that there have been instances where this has been violated, particularly on Thursdays or Fridays. (references)

Indigenous People

Venezuela

The Constitution created three seats in the National Assembly for indigenous people and also provides for "the protection of indigenous communities and their progressive incorporation into the life of the nation." Nonetheless local political authorities seldom take account of the interests of indigenous people when making decisions affecting their lands, cultures, and traditions, or the allocation of natural resources. (references)

Political Economy

Canada

Provincial or Territorial elections were held in British Columbia in May 2001, which resulted in victory for the Liberal Party; in Alberta in March 2001 (Progressive Conservatives won); in Quebec in November 1998 (Parti Quebecois); in Newfoundland and Labrador (Liberals) and in Nunavut in February 1999; in Ontario (Progressive Conservatives) and in New Brunswick (Progressive Conservatives) in June 1999; in Nova Scotia in July 1999 (Progressive Conservatives); in Saskatchewan (New Democratic Party) and in Manitoba (New Democratic Party) in September 1999; in Northwest Territories in December 1999; and in Prince Edward Island (Progressive Conservatives) and in Yukon (Liberals) in April 2000. (references)

SOUTH AFRICA

Income tax payers are divided into two categories: individuals, who are taxed at progressive rates, and companies, taxed at 30 percent of taxable income. (references)

Political Rights

Gabon

Major opposition parties include the National Lumberjack Assembly-Gabonese People's Assembly (RNB-RPG) and the Gabonese Progressive Party (PGP). The RNB-RPG's political base is in the northern province of Woleu-Ntem, which is inhabited chiefly by members of the Fang ethnic group, and in Libreville neighborhoods with many Fang residents, although the party attracts some support from other regions and ethnic groups. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Nevertheless, in 2000 five opposition groups including the CPDS, Front for Democratic Opposition (PSD), PP, Progressive Democratic Alliance (ADP), and the Popular Union (UP) joined to form the Front of Democratic Opposition (FOD). (references)

Bahamas

The two principal political parties are the ruling Free National Movement and the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). In June Prime Minister Ingraham announced that he was declining the FNM's invitation to serve a third term. (references)

Trade

Nicaragua

The reform: a) banned almost all non-trade barriers on imports, b) eliminated the discretionality of government officials to exonerate tariffs, c) repealed the restrictive Law on Agents, Representatives or Distributors of Foreign Firms (effective July 1, 1998), d) established a "rebate" of 1.5 percent of FOB value for all exports, e) eliminated payments for permits and licenses related to export activities, f) eliminated IGV on several activities, g) reduced municipal taxes from two to 1.5 percent in 1998 and to 1 percent in 2000, h) eliminated income tax on interest and capital gains stemming from transactions on the local stock exchange, and i) set a schedule of progressive import tax reductions through the year 2002. (references)

Syria

Duty rates are progressive and range from 1%-200%, depending on the government's view of the necessity of a product. (references)

Mexico

With the entry into force of the NAFTA on January 1, 1994, Mexico embarked on a progressive, scheduled reduction of tariffs on U.S. and Canadian goods. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Anything below this is subject to tax at progressive rates. (references)

Worker Rights

Bolivia

In April the Inter-Institutional Commission for the Progressive Elimination of Child Labor, formed in 1999, formally released a finalized 10-year, $90 million (585 million bolivianos) "Plan for the Progressive Elimination of Child Labor." The plan, released informally in December 2000, includes programs to address financial, health, education, and other needs of children and calls for incentive programs to poor families to keep children in school, improved governmental enforcement of labor laws, and immediate actions to prevent the worst forms of child labor. (references)

Costa Rica

The National Directive Committee for the Progressive Eradication of Child Labor and Protection of Adolescent Laborers includes representatives from the PANI, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ombudsman's Office, UNICEF, the ILO, and area universities. (references)

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Expressions using "progressive": association for Progressive Communications ♦ future progressive ♦ future progressive tense ♦ past progressive ♦ past progressive tense ♦ present progressive ♦ present progressive tense ♦ progressive aspect ♦ progressive coding ♦ progressive color proofs ♦ progressive colour proofs ♦ progressive development ♦ progressive disease ♦ progressive euchre ♦ progressive facial hemiatrophy ♦ progressive fixed costs ♦ progressive idea ♦ progressive ideas ♦ progressive interconnection ♦ progressive JPEG ♦ progressive locomotor ataxy ♦ progressive mass fibrosis ♦ progressive massive fibrosis ♦ progressive muscular atrophy ♦ progressive party ♦ Progressive Patient Care ♦ progressive rate ♦ progressive ratio ♦ progressive rock ♦ progressive spongiform leukoencephalopathy ♦ progressive tax ♦ progressive taxation ♦ progressive tense ♦ progressive whist. Additional references.

Beginning with "progressive": progressive-addition, progressive-minded, progressive-part.

Ending with "progressive": anti-progressive, non-progressive.

Albanian

progresiv (forward-looking, onward), progresist, paravajtëse, përparues, përparimtar, rritës (Crescent, grower, upward), që avancon. (various references)

Arabic 

‏متحرر (broad, broad minded, freed, large minded, liberal, open minded, released, unchained), ‏متدرج (gradual), ‏مستفحل, ‏تقدمي (advanced, introductory, liberal), ‏تصاعدي (cumulative), ‏التقدمي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

който върви напред, напредничав човек (progressist), прогресивен човек (progressist), прогресивен (forward-looking, with it), продължителен (chronic, continuous, durable, enduring, extended, lingering, long, long standing, long-drawn, prolonged, protracted, sustained, unbroken), постепенен (gradual, insensible, step by step). (various references)

Chinese 

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

Czech

progresivní (creeping, go ahead), postupný (easy, gradual, piecemeal, successive), pokrokový (forward). (various references)

Danish

progressiv, progredierende, fremadskridende. (various references)

Dutch

progressief, progredient, progrediens. (various references)

Farsi 

مترقی , تصاعدی , ترقی خواه , جلورونده (Oncoming). (various references)

Finnish

progressiivinen, edistysmielinen, edistyksellinen, asteittainen (gradual). (various references)

French

progressif (progressing). (various references)

German

fortschrittlich (advanced, forward-looking, progressively), progressiv. (various references)

Greek 

βαθμιαίοσ (gradual), προοδευτικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מתק�"ם (advanced, forward, liberal, onward, upper), פרו�'רסיבי. (various references)

Hungarian

haladó (advanced, farout, going), fejlődő (developing). (various references)

Indonesian

progresif. (various references)

Italian

progressivo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

進歩的 , 積極 (positive), プログラ� 誘導 (pro shop, procedure, procedure call, proceeding, proceeds, process, process cheese, process control, processing, professional sports, progesterone, program guidance, progress, progressive rock, project, project method, project team, projector, prospect, prospective, prostaglandin, prostitute, speciality shop), プレート電流 (placement test, plain, plain soda, plain yoghurt, plane, planing, plate current, play, play ball, playback, playboy, player, playgirl, playground, play-mode, pray, prayer, precious, pre-incubation, preschool, prescoring, president, press, press campaign, press center, press club, press conference, press release, pressed ham, prestige, presto, prey, pro-Olympic). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プログレッシブ , プレグレッシブ , し�"ぽてき, せっきょく (positive). (various references)

Korean 

진보. (various references)

Manx

goll er oai dy tappee, feer eiyrtagh, beggan er veggan (gradually, little by little, piecemeal). (various references)

Pig Latin

ogressivepray

Portuguese

progressivo (active, gradual, onward). (various references)

Romanian

progresiv (continuous, gradual, gradually, progressively), progresist (advanced, forward, progressionist, progressive-minded), treptat (by degrees, gradual, gradually, imperceptible, inchmeal, piecemeal), evolutiv, de progres. (various references)

Russian 

прогрессивный деятель, поступательный, постепенный (gradual). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

progresivan, naprednjak (progressionist, progressist), napredan (advanced, flourishing, onward, prosperous, thriving). (various references)

Spanish

progresivo (creeping, forward, onward, stepwise). (various references)

Swedish

progressiv (forward), gradvis stigande, framstegsman, framåtskridande (advancement, progress), framåtgående (forward), avancerad (advanced, forward). (various references)

Turkish

kademeli (cascade, differential, fractional, gradual, in echelon, in stages), ilerleyen (advancing, booming, developing, going far, oncoming, onward), ilerici (go ahead), gelişen (booming, Crescent, developing, growing, rising, thriving), devamlılık belirten, derece derece artan. (various references)

Turkmen 

progressiw (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

прогресуючий (ahead, onward), прогресист (progressionist, progressist), прогресивний (advanced, forward), продовжений (extended, ongoing, prolonged), поступовий (gradual, phased, piecemeal, slow), поступальний (irreversible), передовий (advanced, foremost, headmost). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiến tới tiến bộ luỹ tiến; tăng dần lên; tăng không ngừng, tiến lên (forward, forwardly). (various references)

Welsh

blaen.gar (prominent). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "progressive": progressively, progressiveness, progressivenesses, progressives. (additional references)

Words ending with "progressive": antiprogressive, nonprogressive, ultraprogressive, unprogressive. (additional references)

Words containing "progressive": nonprogressives, ultraprogressives. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Progressive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: progessive, Progressieve, progressiv. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: previsors, serpigoes.

-3 letters: gossiper, grievers, overripe, previses, previsor, prioress, priseres, progress, reposers, reprises, reproves, respires, reversos, revisers, revisors, roperies, roseries.

-4 letters: erosive, gorsier, griever, grieves, gripers, gropers, grosser, orrises, perries, poesies, poisers, porgies, presser, pressor, previse, prisere, prosers, prosier, prossie, provers, regives, regress, reivers, reposer, reposes, repress, reprise, reprove, rerises, respire, reverso, reviser.

+1 letter: progressives.

+2 letters: progressively, unprogressive.

+3 letters: nonprogressive, overimpressing, overprocessing.

+4 letters: antiprogressive, nonprogressives, overcompressing, progressiveness, progressivities.

+5 letters: ultraprogressive.