progression

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a series with a definite pattern of advance
  2. noun a movement forward
  3. noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Etymology

From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

patterned advance

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
series
Narrower (hyponyms)
harmonic progression, arithmetic progression, geometric progression

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