progressive

IPA: prʌgrˈɛsɪv

A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
(grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.

Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
(politics) Liberal.
(education) Of or relating to progressive education.
(of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
Advancing in severity.
(grammar) Continuous.
Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.

Examples of "progressive" in Sentences

In fact, the term progressive means to proceed in stages.
I used the term progressive in my bio before it was the popular term.
They use the term progressive to try to put such unequal taxation in a positive light.
Thus the label progressive itself represents very little in the way of historical continuity.
The term "progressive" in the context of income taxes is nothing more than a euphemism for unfair.
It seems that a number of names and tendencies are being grouped together under the term progressive that do not group well at all.
So if I am reading these comments correctly ... "progressive" is now the code word for "far left" and "moderate" is the code word for "liberal" ...
I will even grant that there are significant areas where secular progressives and evangelicals (to whom the label progressive can sometimes also apply) could come to fruitful agreement.
Now, I use the term progressive to specifically refer only to an affirmative, ongoing action in the realis mood while non-progressive covers everything else, including negative actions regardless of aspect or tense.
The term progressive is coming in for a beating these days, pilloried as an all-purpose catch phrase signifying nothing more than a vague discomfort with nouveau riche investment bankers popping open too many bottles of Veuve at the weekend.