word-vault/dist/data/cards/pr/progressive.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "progressive",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "progressive schools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you in favour of progressive teaching methods?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is progressive, open-minded, and sincerely concerned with civil-rights struggles."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "truly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "happening or developing steadily",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a progressive muscular disease"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "at a higher percentage as the total amount of money being taxed increases",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Supporters of a progressive income tax argue that it is fairer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government made the tax more progressive, ensuring that higher earners pay more."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈɡresɪv/",
                "audio": "pr/progressive/progressive__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈɡresɪv/",
                "audio": "pr/progressive/progressive__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’."
}