[prəˈɡrɛsɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- happening or developing gradually or in stages
(e.g: a progressive decline in popularity)

- (of a person or idea) favouring social reform
(e.g: a relatively progressive Minister of Education)

- denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g. am writing, was writing

- (of a card game or dance) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position

- engaging in or constituting forward motion


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Origin:
late Middle English: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi (see progress)

[prəˈɡrɛsɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an advocate of social reform
(e.g: people tend to present themselves either as progressives or traditionalists on this issue)

- a progressive tense or aspect
(e.g: the present progressive)

- each of a set of proofs of colour work, showing all the colours separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi (see progress)