American Dictionary
Definition progressive in American English
progressive
adjective
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adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
a progressive tax system
The disease causes progressive deterioration of the nervous system.
the progressive development of a professional style of nursing
the progressive aspect indicates that an action, situation, or event is seen as continuing during a particular period of time. The progressive verb group consists of a form of "be" and a present participle ("-ing" form). For example in the sentence "The forests are dying and the fish are disappearing," "dying" and "disappearing" are seen as happening now. In the sentence "In the 1990s the firm was losing $200 million a year," "losing" was going on during a period in the past.
