progressive

[prəˈɡresɪv]

Definition:
1. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going.
2. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.
3. Favoring or promoting progress.

Use 'progressive' in a sentence:

1. Now the reserve requirement is progressive.
2. Many skeptical progressives refuse to agree that the foregoing reform sufficed.
3. The nineteenth century passed relatively peacefully for these countries, with progressive democratization taking place in all of them.
4. Progressive people asked for the improvement of environmental condition.
5. The clinical observation of treatment with acupuncture and herbs for muscular pseudohypertrophy and progressive myodystrophy are required.
6. A self-described "Jeffersonian Marxist," Stone combined progressive politics, investigative zeal and a compulsion to tell the truth with a commitment to human rights and the exposure of injustice.
7. For example, the value of a treatment for a progressive disease may vary according to a patient's stage of disease.
8. It's like progressive weight training.
9. Inheritors of some of the viewpoints of early twentieth-century Progressive historians such as Beard and Becker, these recent historians have put forward arguments that deserve evaluation.
10. Like I said, Julian was a brilliant businessman, with progressive ideas.
11. New Zealand will lower its threshold for reviewing Chinese investment, allowing it to receive the same review treatment as members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ( CPTPP).
12. FEA Study of Space Frame Based on Limit Strength and Progressive Collapse Analysis.
13. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.
14. Have a "progressive" dinner together.
15. Design of Progressive Die for the Strengthening Plate with Different Shape Hole.
16. Halsey was identified as a leading proponent of the values of progressive education.
17. These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.
18. Many progressive students participated in the protest.
19. On such matters, the SPD is more progressive.
20. Any dictatorial system always conflicts with progressive reforms.
21. Methods of Manufacturing Precision Progressive Die Using Common Machine.
22. The doctor said it was a progressive brain disorder which could destroy a person's memory.
23. Obviously, the court had been profoundly influenced by the progressive upheaval.
24. China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically.
25. How's that for progressive programming?
26. Application of Transient Well Test Data in Progressive Exploration and Development.
27. The Research of Image Progressive Transmission on Internet.
28. Willan was able to point to the progressive changes he had already introduced.
29. Therefore, the social and historical development was also progressive.
30. Experimental Study of Interaction of Vortices with a Progressive Surface Wave.
31. The reactionary policemen broke in and arrested many progressive students.
32. This is a progressive course in English study.
33. State Feedback Control ( SFC) system is a progressive control system.
34. If so, this would be a a progressive step.
35. As far as social mobility is concerned, San Jose beat many other progressive cities in America.
36. The company tries to project an image of being innovative and progressive.
37. Primary Research about Progressive Die Design System based on KBE.
38. Increased productivity is accompanied by a progressive decrease in production costs.
39. Research on the structure design of progressive die by redesign method.
40. Knowledge-based process design for progressive drawing.
41. Along with the global development of the music, I discovered genres such as progressive house and chillout.
42. The children go to a progressive school.
43. A Preliminary Exploration into the Quantitative Analysis on Progressive Tax Rate.
44. Study on the Design Strategy of the Layout System for Progressive Dies.
45. The reactionary policemen broke and arrested many progressive students.
46. The gradual drying of the soil caused by its diminished ability to absorb water results in the further loss of vegetation, so that a cycle of progressive surface deterioration is established.
47. San Jose had social mobility comparable to Denmark's and Canada's and higher than other progressive cities such as Boston and Minneapolis.
48. We need progressive policies that shape collective action (and rein in polluting businesses), alongside engaged citizens pushing for change.
49. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory.
50. Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing "progressive" or left-liberal propaganda.
51. There has been a progressive decrease in population every year in this city.
52. I finally decided on "The Most Progressive Reader".
53. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre was formed in the 1950s and quickly established itself as a leading exponent of progressive choreography and contemporary dance.