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progression.

The act of moving from one thing to another.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/Received-Pronunciation/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/General-American
  1. The act of moving from one thing to another.

    countable · uncountable
    Make a natural progression from player to coach
  2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Development, increase, evolution.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A chord progression.

    countable
  6. The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.

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