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Progression

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Noun

1. patterned advance, progression

a series with a definite pattern of advance

2. advance, progress, progression

a movement forward

Example Sentences:
'he listened for the progress of the troops'

3. advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression

the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Progression

see synonyms of progression
noun
1. 
the act of progressing; advancement
2. 
the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next
3. mathematics
a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation
See also arithmetic progression, geometric progression, harmonic progression
4. music
movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next (melodic progression) or from one chord to the next (harmonic progression)
5. astrology
one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his or her life

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Progression

see synonyms of progression
noun
1. 
a moving forward or onward; progress
2. 
a sequence or succession, as of acts, happenings, etc.
3.  Ancient Mathematics
a sequence of numbers, each of which is obtained from its predecessor by the same rule
see also arithmetic progression, geometric progression
4.  Music
a. 
the movement forward from one tone or chord to another
b. 
a succession of tones or chords

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Progression

see synonyms of progression
n.
1. Movement or change from one member of a continuous series to the next: progression of the disease in stages.
2. A continuous series; a sequence: a progression of limousines. See Synonyms at series.
3. Mathematics A series of numbers or quantities in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it.
4. Music
a. A succession of tones or chords.
b. A series of repetitions of a phrase, each in a new position on the scale.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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