Meaning

3 senses
  1. One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

    The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.

    fortschrittlich, progressiv, progressiv

    передово́йperedovój, прогресси́вныйprogressívnyj, постепе́нныйpostepénnyj

  2. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.

    прогресси́вный челове́кprogressívnyj čelovék, прогресси́вный де́ятельprogressívnyj déjatelʹ, сторонник прогрессаstoronnik progressa

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

  3. A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.

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

Examples

38 sentences
  1. I'm pretty progressive.

    Я доволі прогресивний. — deniko

  2. Tom is very progressive, isn't he?

  3. Income tax is progressive.

  4. Tom wears progressive lenses.

  5. Mary is very progressive, isn't she?

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
favouring or promoting progress; advanced:
gradually advancing in extent; increasing:
advancing in severity:
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
favouring or promoting progress; advanced:

Origin

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect p

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive.

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Forms

plural: progressives

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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