English Explanatory Dictionary

progression

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of moving from one thing to another.
  2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
  3. A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
  4. Development, increase, evolution.
  5. A chord progression.
  6. The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/ /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-progression.wav

Word forms

progression progressions

Etymology

From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.

Synonyms

sequence swing

Antonyms

regress retrogression

Related words

progress

Derived words

'50s progression arithmetical progression arithmetic progression atheroprogression Axis progression backdoor progression chord progression circle progression cross-progression doo-wop progression geometrical progression geometric progression harmonic progression hyperprogression meta-progression neuroprogression nilprogression nonprogression oligoprogression omnibus progression pathoprogression postprogression progressional progressionary progressionism progressionist proregression pseudoprogression record progression time to progression
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