progressive

How to use progressive in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for progressive.

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I'm as progressive as it comes in this regard, but please - "separate the women from the girls"?

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of progressive gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

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

adjective

favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for progressive.

noun

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

noun

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

adjective

favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"

adjective

favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

adjective

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

adjective

gradually advancing in extent

adjective

(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position; "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments"

adjective

advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"

Example sentences

I'm as progressive as it comes in this regard, but please - "separate the women from the girls"?

We should be taxing the people who own the corporations, or are paid huge salaries by them -- that is, if you believe in progressive taxation.

As a progressive younger person who has been swimming in internet culture for 15 years now, I find my attitude, wants, needs, and desires are almost completely left out of pop culture.

The body can be considered as a system of many redundant components, with aging as the result of progressive unrepaired damage to those components.

Arab nationalism was against current foreign policy of Saudi Arabia and was in fact pretty secular and very progressive for its time.

As a former Catholic, when I read lines like that I can't help but be struck with the observation that this seems to be a feminist/progressive version of confessing your sins in order to be absolved of them.

"The question is this: is this doing well on HN because HN is full of progressive-minded feminists upvoting a neat DIY project on its merits, or is it doing well on HN because it serves as fodder for the nerd-girl fantasies of a primarily male readership?I really think this is an important point that often gets missed on male dominated social news sites.