| NOUN | group | progression, patterned advance | a series with a definite pattern of advance |
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| event | progression, progress, advance | a movement forward | |
| act | progression, progress, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
| Sounds | prahgreh'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A series with a definite pattern of advance. | |
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| Synonym | patterned advance | |
| Narrower | arithmetic progression | (mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term |
| geometric progression | (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term | |
| harmonic progression | (mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression | |
| Broader | series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another |
| Spanish | progresión | |
| Catalan | progressió | |
| Meaning | A movement forward. | |
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| Synonyms | progress, advance | |
| Narrower | headway, head | Forward movement |
| Broader | change of location, travel | A movement through space that changes the location of something |
| Spanish | adelantamiento, avance, evolución, progresión, progreso | |
| Catalan | avançament, avanç, avenç, evolució, progrés, progressió | |
| Meaning | The act of moving forward (as toward a goal). | |
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| Synonyms | progress, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion | |
| Narrower | career, life history | The general progression of your working or professional life |
| leapfrog | Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors | |
| march | A steady advance | |
| plain sailing, clear sailing, easy going | Easy unobstructed progress | |
| push | An effort to advance | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Opposite | retreat | The act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) |
| Spanish | adelantamiento, avance, evolución, progresión, progreso | |
| Catalan | avançament, avanç, avenç, evolució, progrés, progressió | |
| Verbs | progress | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
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