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- pronunciation:
- pr
gre
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of progressing.
The coffin-bearers marched in slow progression.- synonyms:
- advancement, course, improvement
- antonyms:
- regression, retrogression
- similar words:
- advance, ascent, career, climb, continuance, development, furtherance, go, gradation, march, movement, process, procession
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| definition 2: |
a sequence, as of items in a series; succession.
He described the entire progression of unfortunate events.- synonyms:
- flow, sequence, succession
- similar words:
- chain, concatenation, course, march, movement, order, parade, run, scale, series, string, tenor, train
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| definition 3: |
in music, the relationship among sequential chords.
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| related words: |
battery, process, trail, transition |
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| derivations: |
progressional (adj.), progressionally (adv.) |
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