Usually means: Advocating for social reform, change.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word progressive:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. progressive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. progressive, the progressive: Merriam-Webster
  3. progressive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. progressive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. progressive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. progressive: Vocabulary.com
  7. Progressive, progressive: Wordnik
  8. progressive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Progressive, progressive: Wiktionary
  10. progressive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. progressive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. progressive: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. progressive: Dictionary.com
  14. progressive (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. progressive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Progressive (Kalafina single), Progressive (insurance company), Progressive, The Progressive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Progressive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. progressive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. progressive: Rhymezone
  20. progressive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. progressive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. progressive: FreeDictionary.org
  23. progressive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. progressive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. progressive: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. progressive: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. progressive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. progressive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Progressive: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. progressive: Medical dictionary
  6. Progressive: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. progressive: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. winyourwager.com Gambling Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Keno Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Progressive: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
adjective:  Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
adjective:  Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
adjective:  (politics) Liberal.
adjective:  (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
adjective:  (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
adjective:  Advancing in severity.
adjective:  (grammar) Continuous.
noun:  One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
noun:  A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
noun:  (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
adjective:  Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
noun:  A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
noun:  Clipping of progressive dinner. [A dinner party in which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different host.]

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