PROGRESSION

n. 1 movement forward or forward movement, advance, advancement, (making or gaining) headway, progress, ascension, rise, elevation This mode of progression requires enormous effort It was interesting to watch her progression through the corridors of power. 2 progress, development, advance, advancement, spread, spreading, extension, extending, broadening, enlargement, headway, intensification, rise It seemed impossible to halt the progression of the disease 3 order, sequence, succession, train, chain, concatenation, course, flow The report traces the progression of events leading up to the war