Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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progressive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
present progressive | Yes | No | No | No |
progressive (noun) | present progressive (noun) |
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a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance |
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
progressive (adjective) | present 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 |