English-Thai Dictionary

progressive

ADJ ที่ ก้าวหน้า ขึ้น  ที่ พัฒนา ขึ้น  successive growing retrogressive ti-kao-na-kuan

 

progressive

ADJ ที่ ดำเนิน ต่อเนื่อง ไป (ทาง ไวยากรณ์  continuous ti-dam-noen-to-nuang-pai

 

progressive

ADJ ที่ เคลื่อนที่ ไป ข้างหน้า  moving immovable ti-kluan-ti-pai-kang-na

 

progressively

ADV อย่าง ค่อยๆ  ไป ทีละน้อย  อย่าง ค่อยๆ  คืบหน้า  consecutively gradually yang-koi-koi-pai-te-la-noi

 

progressively

ADV อย่างต่อเนื่อง  yang-tor-nuang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROGRESSIVE

a.Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; as progressive motion or course; opposed to retrograde. 1. Improving. The arts are in a progressive state.

 

PROGRESSIVELY

adv. By motion onward; by regular advances.

 

PROGRESSIVENESS

n.The state of moving forward; an advancing; state of improvement; as the progressiveness of science, arts or taste.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROGRESSIVE

Pro *gress "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. progressif. ]

 

1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

 

2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. Progressive euchre or whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. -- Progressive muscular atrophy (Med. ), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. -- Pro *gress "ive *ly, adv. -- Pro *gress "ive *ness, n.

 

PROGRESSIVE PARTY

Progressive party. (U. S. Politics )

 

Defn: The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

progressive

pro gres sive |prəˈgresiv prəˈɡrɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step: a progressive decline in popularity. • (of a disease or ailment ) increasing in severity or extent: progressive liver failure. • (of taxation or a tax ) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases: steeply progressive income taxes. • (of a card game or dance ) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position. • archaic engaging in or constituting forward motion. 2 (of a group, person, or idea ) favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas: a relatively progressive governor. • favoring or promoting change or innovation: a progressive art school. • relating to or denoting a style of rock music popular esp. in the 1980s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions. 3 Grammar denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g., am writing, was writing . Also called continuous. ▶noun 1 a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas. 2 Grammar a progressive tense or aspect: the present progressive. 3 (also progressive proof ) Printing each of a set of proofs of color work, showing all the colors separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them. DERIVATIVES pro gres sive ly adverb, pro gres sive ness noun, pro gres siv ism |-ˈgresəˌvizəm |noun, pro gres siv ist |-ˈgresəvist |noun & adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward, ’ from the verb progredi (see progress ).

 

Progressive Conservative Party

Pro gres sive Con ser va tive Par ty a Canadian political party advocating free trade and holding moderate views on social policies.

 

progressive dinner

pro gres sive din ner ▶noun a social occasion at which the different courses of a meal are eaten at different people's houses.

 

progressive lens

pro gres sive lens ▶noun (usually progressive lenses ) an eyeglass lens having a smooth transition between parts with different focal lengths, correcting for vision at all distances.

 

Progressive Party

Pro gres sive Par ty ▶noun any of three related political parties active in the first half of the twentieth century that favored social reform. The most prominent was that formed under Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.

 

progressives

pro gres sives |prəˈgresivz prəˈɡrɛsɪvz | ▶plural noun a pair of eyeglasses having progressive lenses: progressives for use when driving, reading, or using a computer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

progressive

pro |gres ¦sive |prəˈgrɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 happening or developing gradually or in stages: a progressive decline in popularity. • (of a medical condition ) increasing in severity: progressive liver failure. • (of taxation or a tax ) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases: steeply progressive income taxes. 2 (of a person or idea ) favouring social reform: a relatively progressive Minister of Education. • favouring change or innovation: the most progressive art school in Britain. • relating to or denoting a style of rock music popular especially in the 1970s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions. 3 Grammar denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g. am writing, was writing . Also called continuous. 4 (of a card game or dance ) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position. 5 archaic engaging in or constituting forward motion. ▶noun 1 an advocate of social reform. 2 Grammar a progressive tense or aspect: the present progressive. 3 (also progressive proof ) (usu. progressives ) Printing each of a set of proofs of colour work, showing all the colours separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them. DERIVATIVES progressively adverb, progressiveness noun, progressivism noun, progressivist noun & adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward ’, from the verb progredi (see progress ).

 

Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party a Canadian political party advocating free trade and holding moderate views on social policies. Founded in the mid 19th century but operating under its present name since 1942, the party was in power 1984 –93 under Brian Mulroney.

 

progressive dinner

pro gres sive din ner ▶noun a social occasion at which the different courses of a meal are eaten at different people's houses.

 

progressive lens

pro gres sive lens ▶noun (usually progressive lenses ) an eyeglass lens having a smooth transition between parts with different focal lengths, correcting for vision at all distances.

 

Progressive Party

Pro gres sive Par ty ▶noun any of three related political parties active in the first half of the twentieth century that favored social reform. The most prominent was that formed under Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.

 

progressives

pro gres sives |prəˈgresivz prəˈɡrɛsɪvz | ▶plural noun a pair of eyeglasses having progressive lenses: progressives for use when driving, reading, or using a computer.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

progressive

progressive adjective 1 progressive deterioration: continuing, continuous, increasing, growing, developing, ongoing, accelerating, escalating; gradual, step-by-step, cumulative. 2 progressive views: modern, liberal, advanced, forward-thinking, enlightened, enterprising, innovative, pioneering, dynamic, bold, avant-garde, reforming, reformist, radical; informal go-ahead. ANTONYMS conservative, reactionary. ▶noun he is very much a progressive: innovator, reformer, reformist, liberal, libertarian.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

progressive

progressive adjective 1 the progressive deterioration of the social conditions of farm labourers: continuing, continuous, increasing, growing, developing, ongoing, intensifying, accelerating, escalating; gradual, step by step, cumulative. 2 a teacher with progressive views on primary education: modern, liberal, advanced, forward-looking, forward-thinking, go-ahead, enlightened, enterprising, innovative, up-and-coming, new, dynamic, avant-garde, modernistic; radical, left-wing, reforming, reformist, revolutionary, revisionist, progressivist. ANTONYMS conservative, reactionary. ▶noun people present themselves as progressives or traditionalists: innovator, reformer, reformist, liberal, libertarian, progressivist, progressionist, leftist, left-winger.

 

Duden Dictionary

Progressive Jazz

Pro gres sive Jazz Substantiv, maskulin , der |prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈdʒæz |der Progressive Jazz; Genitiv: des Progressive Jazz englisch progressive jazz = fortschrittlicher Jazz Richtung des Jazz, die eine Synthese mit der europäischen Musik anstrebt; orchestraler Jazz

 

French Dictionary

progressivement

progressivement adv. adverbe D ’une manière progressive. : Ils établissent progressivement les modalités de leur collaboration. SYNONYME graduellement ; pas à pas ; petit à petit ; peu à peu .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

progressive

pro gres sive /prəɡrésɪv /→progress 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人 政治などが 〉進歩的な , 革新的な (↔conservative ); 〘米史 〙〖P- 〗進歩党の ; 〘教育 〙(児童の自主性を重視する )進歩主義の ▸ a progressive policy 進歩的な政策 2 比較なし 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗漸進的な , 徐々に起こる 〈変化など 〉(gradual ); 累進的な 〈税率など 〉; 〘医 〙進行性の ; 相手を順次変えていく 〈トランプ ダンス 〉.3 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗前衛的な 〈音楽 〉.4 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗〘文法 〙進行形 [相 ]の .名詞 C 1 進歩 [革新 ]主義者 (↔conservative ).2 〖P- 〗〘米史 〙進歩党員 .3 〖the ～〗〘文法 〙進行形 (progressive form ).～̀ t á x 累進税 .～ly 副詞 漸進的に, 次第に .～ness 名詞 U 進歩性 .