Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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government | Yes | No | No | No |
progressive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
government (noun) | progressive (noun) |
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the act of governing; exercising authority | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties |
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed | a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
the study of government of states and other political units | |
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
government (adjective) | progressive (adjective) |
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favoring or promoting progress | |
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases | |
advancing in severity | |
gradually advancing in extent | |
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | |
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position |