progressive
US: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/
UK: /pɹəɡɹˈɛsɪv/
UK: /pɹəɡɹˈɛsɪv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
progressive /progressive/
- tính từ
- tiến lên, tiến tới
- progressive motion: sự chuyển động tiến lên
- tiến bộ
- progressive movement: phong trào tiến bộ
- progressive policy: chính sách tiến bộ
- luỹ tiến; tăng dần lên; tăng không ngừng, phát triển không ngừng
- progressive taxation: sự đánh thuế luỹ tiến
- (ngôn ngữ học) tiến hành
- progressive form: thể tiến hành
- tiến lên, tiến tới
- danh từ
- người tiến bộ
- (Progressive) đảng viên đảng Cấp tiến
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change: progressive schools + The approach taken by US courts has been more progressive than that in Britain.
Antonym: RETROGRESSIVE
2 happening or developing steadily: a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce + a progressive muscular disease
3 (also continuous) (grammar) connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.
progressivism noun [U]: political progressivism
+ noun [usually pl.] a person who is in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change: political battles between progressives and conservatives
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 advancing, continuing, developing, increasing, growing, ongoing, continuous, step by step, gradual:
The doctors noted the progressive deterioration in his condition. With the onset of spring, we shall see progressive improvement in the weather.
2 reformist, revisionist, liberal, radical, revolutionary, avant-garde, advanced, dynamic:
Carrie was soon regarded as one of the more progressive thinkers of her day.
n.
3 reformist, reformer, revisionist, liberal, leftist, left-winger:
Once a conservative, he did a complete volte-face after the war and became a progressive.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be
ADV.
highly, very
highly progressive in outlook
| relatively | politically
Concise English dictionary
progressivesprə'gresɪv
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
adj.
+favoring or promoting progress
+favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
+(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
+gradually advancing in extent
+advancing in severity
