progression
nounUK /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/ · US /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/
Etymology From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.
1
The act of moving from one thing to another.
- Make a natural progression from player to coach
2
The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
- The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.2003, T.H. Jafar et al., Annals of Internal Medicine 139, pages 244–252:
3
Mathematics, Sciences A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
4
Development, increase, evolution.
5
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A chord progression.
- Synonyms
- sequence
- Antonyms
- regress, retrogression
- Derived terms
30 terms
'50s progression, arithmetical progression, arithmetic progression, atheroprogression, Axis progression, backdoor progression, chord progression, circle progression, cross-progression, doo-wop progression, geometrical progression, geometric progression, harmonic progression, hyperprogression, meta-progression, neuroprogression, nilprogression, nonprogression, oligoprogression, omnibus progression, pathoprogression, postprogression, progressional, progressionary, progressionism, progressionist, proregression, pseudoprogression, record progression, time to progression- Related terms
- progress