Progression
[prə'greʃ(ə)n] or [prə'ɡrɛʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.
(n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
(n.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
(n.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.
Typist: Marion
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Advancement, advance, progress.
Typed by Konrad
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Series, gradation, rate
ANT:Inversion, diminution
Edited by Elsie
Examples
- The figures following each other show consecutively a gradual progression, or change in position. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In steady progression, as the day declined, the talk rose in sound and purpose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It will be noticed, however, that these records show much progression in a little over a month. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Sondra