progressive

  • 11progressive — [adj] liberal; growing accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant garde*, bleeding heart*, broad, broad minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward looking, go ahead*, gradual, graduated,… …

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  • 12progressive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) proceeding gradually or in stages. 2) favouring innovation or social reform. 3) (of tax) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases. 4) (of a card game or dance) involving successive changes of partner. 5)… …

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  • 13progressive — progressively, adv. progressiveness, progressivity /proh gre siv i tee/, n. /preuh gres iv/, adj. 1. favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, esp. in political matters …

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  • 14progressive — [[t]prəgre̱sɪv[/t]] progressives 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is progressive or has progressive ideas has modern ideas about how things should be done, rather than traditional ones. ...a progressive businessman who had voted for Roosevelt in 1932… …

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  • 15progressive — I UK [prəʊˈɡresɪv] / US [prəˈɡresɪv] adjective ** 1) a) supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer a progressive tax system an alliance of progressive forces b) progressive education aims to help children to develop… …

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  • 16progressive — pro|gres|sive1 [ prə gresıv ] adjective ** 1. ) supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer: a small progressive liberal party an alliance of progressive forces a ) progressive education aims to help children to… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17Progressive — Der englische Begriff Progressive bezeichnet verschiedene Musikrichtungen: Progressive House Progressive Jazz Progressive Rock Progressive Metal Progressive Techno Progressive Trance bei Videobildern / Fernsehbildern: das Gegenteil von… …

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  • 18progressive — pro|gres|sive1 [prəˈgresıv] adj 1.) supporting new or modern ideas and methods, especially in politics and education ▪ a progressive administration ▪ progressive and forward looking policies 2.) happening or developing gradually over a period of… …

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  • 19progressive — pro•gres•sive [[t]prəˈgrɛs ɪv[/t]] adj. 1) gov advocating progress or reform, esp. in political and social matters 2) employing or advocating more liberal ideas, new methods, etc.: a progressive community[/ex] 3) noting or characterized by… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20progressive — ● progressif, progressive adjectif Qui se fait par degrés, de manière régulière et continue : Amélioration progressive. Qui augmente, croît peu à peu, régulièrement : Remboursements progressifs d un crédit. ● progressif, progressive (expressions) …

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