progression

[pruh-gresh-uhn]

noun

1. the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.

2. a passing successively from one member of a series to the next; succession; sequence.

3. Mathematics.,  a succession of quantities in which there is a constant relation between each member and the one succeeding it.

4. Music.,  the manner in which chords or melodic tones follow one another; a succession of chords or tones.

5. Astrology.,  any of a variety of methods of comparing the natal chart to subsequent planetary positions in order to establish an optimum time to accomplish things or to establish the probable time an event occurred or will occur.

progression

/ prəˈɡrɛʃən /

noun

1. the act of progressing; advancement

2. the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next

3. maths a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation See also arithmetic progression geometric progression harmonic progression

4. music movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next ( melodic progression ) or from one chord to the next ( harmonic progression )

5. astrology one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his life

Other Word Forms

• progressional adjective
• progressionally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of progression¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prōgressiōn-, stem of prōgressiō “advancement, forward movement”; equivalent to progress + -ion

Example Sentences

After last season's bumpy patch, progression to the last 16 would be a step in the right direction for City.

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Having a player with so much promise competing in senior football means Arsenal have put measures in place both for his career progression and his safeguarding.

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Rodgers said that 0-0 on the night wasn't great but offered hope of progression in Tuesday's return.

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"I would love to get into the acting space and the scripted space. I think a Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson, John Cena progression - I would love to do that," she added.

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But starting myopia management slowed down that progression.

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Related Words

• advancement 
• breakthrough 
• evolution