progression
[noun]
Synonyms:
- progress, advance, advancement, furtherance, gain, headway, movement forward
- sequence, chain, course, cycle, series, string, succession

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Antonyms: regression, retrogression

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pro‧gres‧sion /prəˈɡreʃən/ noun
[Word Family: noun: progress, progression, progressive; verb: progress; adverb: progressively; adjective: progressive]

1. [singular, uncountable] a gradual process of change or development
progression of
the natural progression of the disease
progression through
his career progression through the organization
progression from/to
the logical progression from accountant to financial controller
progression towards
Europe’s progression towards economic and monetary union

2. [countable] a number of things coming one after the other
⇒ arithmetic progression, geometric progression

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

progression
noun
ADJ. rapid | gradual, slow, steady | smooth | upward | linear, logical, natural By a logical progression of thought, she worked out why the remark had caused offence.
career | chord, harmonic
PREP. ~ from … to … his progression from chubby teenager to handsome movie star
~ through Her progression through the grades of the civil service had been rapid.
~ within his steady upward progression within the company
PHRASES the progression of a disease one of the later stages in the progression of the disease

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲