progression
Americannoun
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the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
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a passing successively from one member of a series to the next; succession; sequence.
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Mathematics. a succession of quantities in which there is a constant relation between each member and the one succeeding it.
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Music. the manner in which chords or melodic tones follow one another; a succession of chords or tones.
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Astrology. any of a variety of methods of comparing the natal chart to subsequent planetary positions in order to establish an optimum time to accomplish things or to establish the probable time an event occurred or will occur.
noun
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the act of progressing; advancement
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the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next
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maths a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation See also arithmetic progression geometric progression harmonic progression
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music movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next ( melodic progression ) or from one chord to the next ( harmonic progression )
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astrology one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his life
Other Word Forms
- progressional adjective
- progressionally adverb
Etymology
Origin of progression
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prōgressiōn-, stem of prōgressiō “advancement, forward movement”; equivalent to progress + -ion
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Most patients experience a relapse, followed by rapid disease progression.
From Science Daily
Staff also want higher rates for night work, better career progression and less reliance on short-term contracts.
From BBC
Yet, in the absence of obvious, visible progression, plenty of observers have cast doubt on whether the project, likely to cost more than £2bn, will ever actually be built.
From BBC
Over a fingerpicked progression, he begins with “To pretend that everything will be just fine / That any wicked problem will dissolve over time.”
Tony said: "After two years on the medication they don't tend to see progression after that but as a parent you remain optimistic to what you physically can do."
From BBC
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