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progressive

adjectivenoun /prəgrɛsɪv/ 3 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 17 WWF 20
Definitions
adjective

favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

noun

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

noun

a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

adjective

advancing in severity

“progressive paralysis”

adjective

favoring or promoting progress

“progressive schools”

adjective

gradually advancing in extent

adjective

involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

“progressive euchre”

adjective

adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

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