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'progressive' in a sentence

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progressive adjective

: favoring or promoting progress

: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

: gradually advancing in extent

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

: advancing in severity

progressive noun

: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties


  • His policies were too progressive.
  • The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.
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