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progression

[ pruh-gresh-uhn ]

noun

  1. the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
  2. a passing successively from one member of a series to the next; succession; sequence.
  3. Mathematics. a succession of quantities in which there is a constant relation between each member and the one succeeding it. Compare arithmetic progression, geometric progression, harmonic progression.
  4. Music. the manner in which chords or melodic tones follow one another; a succession of chords or tones.
  5. Astrology. any of a variety of methods of comparing the natal chart to subsequent planetary positions in order to establish an optimum time to accomplish things or to establish the probable time an event occurred or will occur.


progression

/ prəˈɡrɛʃən /

noun

  1. the act of progressing; advancement
  2. the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next
  3. maths a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation See also arithmetic progression geometric progression harmonic progression
  4. music movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next ( melodic progression ) or from one chord to the next ( harmonic progression )
  5. astrology one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his life


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Derived Forms

  • proˈgressional, adjective
  • proˈgressionally, adverb

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Other Words From

  • pro·gression·al adjective
  • pro·gression·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of progression1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prōgressiōn-, stem of prōgressiō “advancement, forward movement”; equivalent to progress + -ion

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Example Sentences

On her own path, though, the “relationship know-it-all” is embracing her own, different natural progression.

[I] had to create the progression of where he was emotionally.

The Daily Beast: Von Trier follows a girl named Joe from her progression through adolescence into adulthood.

I have always loved clothing and fashion and it was just a natural progression, with opening the store and now this.

There has to be a progression in what Francis is willing to do in order to move forward, and that was the natural progression.

A perishing formation loses moral force in more rapid progression than the mere loss of members would seem to warrant.

Had she not three love affairs, in different but encouraging stages of progression, under her roof and her patronage!

Now the series treated of in the text agrees with this linear progression in nothing whatever but in being a progression.

The result was rather bad for the Turks; they went down like a lot of ninepins before Mole's railway-like progression.

From the ancient fort on the headland to the Casa Blanca and the city beyond, it was a progression of delicious sights and sounds.

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