¦ adjective
1. proceeding gradually or in stages: a progressive decline in popularity.
(of a disease or ailment) increasing in severity.
(of tax) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases.
2. favouring social reform.
favouring change or innovation.
(of rock music) characterized by classical influences and lengthy compositions.
3. Grammar denoting an aspect or tense of a verb expressing an action in progress, e.g. am writing.
4. (of a card game or dance) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place.
5. archaic engaging in or constituting forward motion.
¦ noun a person advocating social reform.
Derivatives
progressively adverb
progressiveness noun
progressivism noun
progressivist noun & adjective