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Meaning of progressive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  progressive
      adj 1: favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
             [ant: {regressive}]
      2: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
         [syn: {progressive}, {reformist}, {reform-minded}]
      3: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount
         of income increases [ant: {regressive}]
      4: gradually advancing in extent
      5: (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections
         for which the participants successively change place or
         relative position; "progressive euchre"; "progressive
         tournaments"
      6: advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"
      n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
           [syn: {progressive}, {progressive tense}, {imperfect},
           {imperfect tense}, {continuous tense}]
      2: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and
         reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn: {liberal},
         {liberalist}, {progressive}] [ant: {conservative},
         {conservativist}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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