Meanings
plural progressions
- countableuncountableThe act of moving from one thing to another.
Make a natural progression from player to coach
Synonyms: swing
- countableuncountableThe act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.
2003, T.H. Jafar et al., Annals of Internal Medicine 139, pages 244–252 - countableuncountablemathematicsA sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
- countableentertainmentA chord progression.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of moving from one thing to another.
nounDevelopment, increase, evolution.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprōgressiō
- Old Frenchprogression
- Middle Englishprogressioun
- Englishprogression
From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُتَتَالِيَة
- مُتَتَالِيَة (mutatāliya)mathematical sequence
Bulgarian напредване, прогресия
- напредване (napredvane)moving from one thing to another
- прогресия (progresija)mathematical sequence
- развитие (razvitie)evolution
Catalan progressió, progressió
- progressiómoving from one thing to another
- progressiómathematical sequence
Chinese Mandarin 数列
- 数列 (shùliè)mathematical sequence
Czech posloupnost
- posloupnostmathematical sequence
Dutch voortgang
- voortgangmoving from one thing to another
Finnish edistyminen, eteneminen
- edistyminenmoving from one thing to another
- eteneminenmoving from one thing to another
- lukujonomathematical sequence
French progression, progression
- progressionmoving from one thing to another
- progressionevolution
German Fortschreiten, Verlauf
- Fortschreitenmoving from one thing to another
- Verlaufmoving from one thing to another
- Fortschrittmoving from one thing to another
- Vorwärtsbewegungmoving from one thing to another
- Progressionmathematical sequence
- Reihemathematical sequence
- Folgemathematical sequence
- Fortschreitungmathematical sequence
- Fortschreibungmathematical sequence
- Sequenzmathematical sequence
- Entwicklungevolution
- Steigerungevolution
Greek πρόοδος, προχώρηση
- πρόοδος (próodos)moving from one thing to another
- προχώρηση (prochórisi)moving from one thing to another
- πρόοδος (próodos)mathematical sequence
Irish gluaiseacht, seicheamh
- gluaiseachtmoving from one thing to another
- seicheamhmathematical sequence
Italian progressione, progressione
- progressionemathematical sequence
- progressioneevolution
Latvian progresija
- progresijamathematical sequence
Malay janjang
- janjangmathematical sequence
Polish progresja, ciąg
- progresjamoving from one thing to another
- ciągmathematical sequence
- postępmathematical sequence
Portuguese progressão, progressão
- progressãomathematical sequence
- progressãoevolution
Russian продвижение, прогре́ссия
- продвижение (prodviženije)moving from one thing to another
- прогре́ссия (progréssija)mathematical sequence
- развитие (razvitije)evolution
Scottish Gaelic gluasad
- gluasadmoving from one thing to another
Spanish progresión, progresión
- progresiónmoving from one thing to another
- progresiónmathematical sequence
- progresiónevolution
Swedish framsteg
- framstegevolution
Tagalog panisulong
- panisulongmathematical sequence
Turkish ilerleme, ilerleme
- ilerlememoving from one thing to another
- ilerlemeevolution
Cite this entry
progression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/progression
“progression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/progression. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “progression,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/progression.
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