[pruh-gres-iv] 
| 1. | favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, esp. in political matters: a progressive mayor. |
| 2. | making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community. |
| 3. | characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics. |
| 5. | going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step. |
| 6. | noting or pertaining to a form of taxation in which the rate increases with certain increases in taxable income. |
| 7. | of or pertaining to progressive education: progressive schools. |
| 8. | Grammar. noting a verb aspect or other verb category that indicates action or state going on at a temporal point of reference. |
| 9. | Medicine/Medical. continuously increasing in extent or severity, as a disease. |
| 10. | a person who is progressive or who favors progress or reform, esp. in political matters. |
| 11. | (initial capital letter) a member of a Progressive party. |
| 12. | Grammar.
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progressive pro·gres·sive (prə-grěs'ĭv)
adj.
Moving forward; advancing.
Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments, as of a course of treatment.
Tending to become more severe or wider in scope, as of a disease or paralysis.