I. pro ‧ gres ‧ sive 1 /prəˈɡresɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ progress , ↑ progression , ↑ progressive ; verb : ↑ progress ; adverb : ↑ progressively ; adjective : ↑ progressive ]
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 time
progressive decline/reduction/increase etc
the progressive increase in population
Britain’s progressive decline as a world power
3 . technical the progressive form of a verb is used to show that an action or activity is continuing to happen. In English, it consists of the verb ‘be’ followed by the ↑ present participle , as in ‘I was waiting for the bus’. SYN continuous
—progressively adverb :
The situation became progressively worse.
—progressiveness noun [uncountable]
—progressivism noun [uncountable]
II. progressive 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ progress , ↑ progression , ↑ progressive ; verb : ↑ progress ; adverb : ↑ progressively ; adjective : ↑ progressive ]
someone with modern ideas who wants to change things