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progressive adj 1 advanced in outlook; using or favouring new methods. 2 moving forward or advancing continuously or by stages. 3 said of a disease: continuously increasing in severity or complication. 4 said of a dance or game: involving changes of partner at intervals. 5 said of taxation: increasing as the sum taxed increases. 6 grammar said of a verbal aspect or tense: expressing continuing action or a continuing state, formed in English with be and the present participle, as in I am doing it and they will be going. Also called continuous. Compare perfect. noun 1 someone with progressive ideas. 2 grammar a the progressive aspect or tense; b a verb in a progressive aspect or tense. progressively adverb. progressiveness noun. progressivism noun. progressivist noun, adj.
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