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You are something, where did you look it up in a medical dictionary! ;))

pro·gres·sive
   [pruh-gres-iv] Show IPA

adjective
1. favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.

2. making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community.

3. characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.

4. ( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.

5. going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.

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noun
10. a person who is progressive or who favors progress or reform, especially in political matters.

11. ( initial capital letter ) a member of a Progressive party.

12. Grammar .
a. the progressive aspect.

b. a verb form or construction in the progressive, as are thinking in They are thinking about it.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/progressive




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By: Decomposed
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Sun, 18 Dec 11 4:00 AM
Msg. 37099 of 65535

My son asked me today what "progressive" means. Apparently, he was told in History class that Progressive means "Someone who wants to improve conditions through change." The teacher went on to say, "We are all Progressives in this class."

I thought this was interesting, but decided this evening to see if I could find a definition that *I* was comfortable with. It didn't take long. This definition, from Dictionary.com, is excellent:

Progressive: "continuously increasing in extent or severity, as a disease." 


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