Progression

//pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of moving from one thing to another. countable, uncountable

    "Make a natural progression from player to coach"

  2. 2
    the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward. countable, uncountable

    "The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg."

  4. 4
    a movement forward wordnet
  5. 5
    A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a series with a definite pattern of advance wordnet
  2. 7
    Development, increase, evolution. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A chord progression. countable
  4. 9
    The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed. countable, uncountable

Example

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"You are not the owner of this save data. You will not be able to save your progression. Trophies will be disabled."

Etymology

From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.

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