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   progression

   /prəˈɡrɛʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state: "good opportunities for career progression" Similar developmentprogressprocesscontinuationcontinuanceadvanceadvancementmovementforward movementonward movementpassagecareermarchevolutiongrowthevolvement
   • ▪ a passage or movement from one note or chord to another: "a blues progression"
   • ▪ a predictive technique in which the daily movement of the planets, starting from the day of birth, represents a year in the subject's life.
   • 2. a number of things in a series: "the vista unfolds in a progression of castles and vineyards as seemingly endless as the Rhine itself" Similar successionseriessequencestringstreamparadechainconcatenationtrainrowordercourseflowcycle

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin progressio(n-), from the verb progredi (see progress).

   Derivatives

   • 1. progressional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • R

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   • E

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