progressive
Sociology
(adjective)
Favoring or promoting progress; advanced.
Economics
(adjective)
Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases
(adjective)
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
Examples of progressive in the following topics:
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Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive
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The "50s Doo-Wop" Progression
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The "Singer/Songwriter" Progression
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The "Puff" Progression
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The Blues Progression
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The Lament Progression
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Plagal Progressions
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Decouple Publicity Events from Project Progress
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The Circle-of-Fifths Progression (In Minor)
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Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive
- There are four main aspects: simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive.
- The progressive form expresses continuous actions that happen over a period of time.
- Future progressive verbs express actions that will begin in the future and be continuous.
- The perfect progressive, just as you would expect, is a combination of the perfect and progressive aspects.
- Perfect progressive refers to the completed portion of an ongoing action.