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Definition of progressive noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

progressive

noun
 
/prəˈɡresɪv/
 
/prəˈɡresɪv/
[usually plural]
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  1. a person who is in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change
    • political battles between progressives and conservatives
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’.
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