progressive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pro·gres·sive [progressive progressives] adjective, noun BrE [prəˈɡresɪv] NAmE [prəˈɡresɪv]
adjective
1. in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change
•progressive schools
Opp: ↑retrogressive
2. happening or developing steadily
•a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce
•a progressive muscular disease
3. (also con·tinu·ous) (grammar)connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’.

Example Bank:
•highly progressive in outlook
•Are you in favour of progressive teaching methods?
•He is progressive, open-minded, and sincerely concerned with civil-rights struggles.
Derived Word: ↑progressivism
 
noun usually plural
a person who is in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change
•political battles between progressives and conservatives

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’.
 
See also: ↑continuous

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reformist, reform-minded, liberal, liberalist, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  regressive, conservative, conservativist