| Front | progressive |prəˈgrɛsɪv| |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective 1 happening or developing gradually or in stages: 2 (of a person or idea) favouring social reform: 3 Grammar denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g. am writing, was writing . Also called continuous. 4 (of a card game or dance) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position. 5 engaging in or constituting forward motion. noun 1 an advocate of social reform. 2 Grammar a progressive tense or aspect: 3 (usu. progressives) Printing each of a set of proofs of colour work, showing all the colours separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them. DERIVATIVES progressively adverb , progressiveness noun , progressivism noun , progressivist noun & adjective |
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