progressive

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Moving forward; advancing.
2. adj. Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments: progressive change.
3. adj. Promoting or favoring progress toward better conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods: a progressive politician; progressive business leadership.
4. adj. Of or relating to a Progressive Party: the Progressive platform of 1924.
5. adj. Of or relating to progressive education: a progressive school.
6. adj. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases: a progressive income tax.
7. adj. Pathology Tending to become more severe or wider in scope: progressive paralysis.
8. adj. Grammar Designating a verb form that expresses an action or condition in progress.
9. n. A person who actively favors or strives for progress toward better conditions, as in society or government.
10. n. A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
11. n. Grammar A progressive verb form.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Going forward; moving onward; advancing; making progress, in any sense: as, progressive motion or course.
2. Favoring progress; using one's influence or directing one's efforts in the line of advancement or improvement: as, to be progressive in one's ideas about education; a progressive age.
3. Indicative of progress.
4. and a myopathic form, related to pseudohypertrophic paralysis.
5. n. One who is in favor of progress; one who promotes or commends reforms or changes: opposed to conservative.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2. adj. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3. adj. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
4. adj. Of or relating to progressive education.
5. adj. of an income tax or other tax Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
6. adj. Advancing in severity.
7. adj. liberal (politically)
8. adj. grammar continuous
9. n. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
10. n. grammar A progressive verb.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; ; -- opposed to retrograde.
2. adj. Improving.
3. adj. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party.
4. adj. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative.
5. adj. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
2. adj. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
3. adj. favoring or promoting progress
4. n. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
5. adj. gradually advancing in extent
6. adj. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
7. adj. advancing in severity
8. adj. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position