Synonyms for progression
prəˈgrɛʃ ənpro·gres·sion

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1. progressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sequence

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1. progression

   Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

   Synonyms:
   advance, advancement, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, progress

   Antonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

   Preposition:
   The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

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1. progression

   Synonyms:
   series, gradation, rate

   Antonyms:
   inversion, diminution

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1. progression, patterned advancenoun

   a series with a definite pattern of advance

   Synonyms:
   progress, advancement, procession, advance, onward motion, patterned advance, forward motion

2. progress, progression, advancenoun

   a movement forward

   "he listened for the progress of the troops"

   Synonyms:
   progress, advancement, procession, advance, feeler, improvement, betterment, onward motion, approach, cash advance, overture, patterned advance, rise, forward motion

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

   the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

   Synonyms:
   rise, forward motion, emanation, cash advance, progress, feeler, patterned advance, improvement, advancement, approach, furtherance, advance, procession, betterment, overture, onward motion, promotion

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Location
   • Series

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1. progressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   advancement, advance, progress

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1. List of paraphrases for "progression":

   progress, gradation, advancement, evolution, increase, spread, growth, advance

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How to use progression in a sentence?

1. Richard Isaacson:

   I don't think we should lose hope, we understand that Alzheimer's is a lifestyle disease and we need to intervene early to stop the progression.

2. Adrienne Jacobson:

   He is now in more of a general population setting, it's a normal progression move.

3. Eran Elinav:

   For this person, an individualized tailored diet would not have included tomatoes, but may have included other ingredients that many of us would not consider healthy, but are in fact healthy for her, before this study was conducted, there is no way that anyone could have provided her with such personalized recommendations, which may substantially impact the progression of her pre-diabetes.

4. Salvador Jorgensen:

   Either they are eating something different or this is related in some way to their mating, what we’ve learned through the progression of our research is that this mid-water layer is extremely important for white sharks.

5. Nader Masadeh:

   It’s amazing to see the progression, we track the demographics of our guests, and so far they are exactly who we are trying to attract. And we’re seeing the unit economics we predicted as well.