progression

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /prəˈɡrɛʃən/ UK /prəˈɡrɛʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a process of developing or moving gradually toward a stage

The disease's progression was slowed by early treatment.

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Common collocations

arithmetic progression Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Old French progression, from Latin progressionem ('an advance'), from progredi ('to go forward'), from pro- ('forward') + gradi ('to step, walk').

progressio Latin gradi Latin *ǵʰredʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives

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# progression

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /prəˈɡrɛʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /prəˈɡrɛʃən/

## Meanings
1. a process of developing or moving gradually toward a stage

## Examples
- The disease's progression was slowed by early treatment.

## Synonyms
- advancement
- development
- progress
- sequence
- succession
- movement
- evolution
- series

## Antonyms
- regression
- retrogression
- decline
- stagnation

## Related Forms
- progress
- progressive
- progressively

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: progressio
- Root: gradi
- Root: *ǵʰredʰ-

## Etymology
From Old French progression, from Latin progressionem ('an advance'), from progredi ('to go forward'), from pro- ('forward') + gradi ('to step, walk').

## AI Etymology
Progression is from Old French progression, from Latin progressionem ('an advance'), from progredi ('to go forward'), from pro- ('forward') + gradi ('to step, walk'). Important recorded forms include progressio (Latin), gradi (Latin), and *ǵʰredʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a process of developing or moving gradually toward a stage. The wider family includes related words such as progress, progressive, and progressively.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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