progression
noun
the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
progressions
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pluralof progression.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After revisiting Edgard Varèse’s music, he built upon Varèse’s ideas about building and extending musical structures that are independent from standard harmonic progressions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
“Start with someone who understands progressions and increases in load, which is a huge risk of injury for young and old alike,” Goldman says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
And then he wrote this song that kind of had some similar chord progressions in it.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Park evokes all of this while maintaining an electrified focus on ordering the Captain's journey into pleasing progressions, like a jazz or funk solo on one of the many American soul songs he loves.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024
I listened intensely, aware of the form and movement of sentences and grasping the now subtle rhythmical differences between progressions of sound that questioned and those that made a statement.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
