progression

From Old French progression.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/

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progression (countable and uncountable, plural progressions)

1. The act of moving from one thing to another.

   Make a natural progression from player to coach

2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
   • 2003, T.H. Jafar et al., Annals of Internal Medicine 139, pages 244–252:

     The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.

3. (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
4. Development, increase, evolution.
5. (music, countable) A chord progression.
6. (exercise) The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

• (mathematics): sequence

• regress
• retrogression

• progress

progression

1. genitive singular of progressio

From Latin progressionem (accusative of progressio).

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/, /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/

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progression f (plural progressions)

1. progression

• “progression”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.